FormView does not save your data in form_valid it just does the success redirect. You need to either save it yourself or use CreateView rather than FormView.
-k On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 9:03:24 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Hello! > I've tried uploading the data I'm entering in the webpage to the database, > but the data is not entering. Since I am new to django, I don't know what > the error is. Can anyone please help me? I am using Mysql database. > > *My views.py:* > > *from django.views.generic import FormView, TemplateView* > *from .forms import EmailForm* > *from django.urls import reverse_lazy* > *from mailapp.models import Email* > *from django.shortcuts import render* > > *class MailView(FormView):* > * template_name = 'index.html'* > * form_class = EmailForm* > * success_url = reverse_lazy('mailapp:success')* > > * def form_valid(self, form):* > * # Calls the custom send method* > * form.send()* > * return super().form_valid(form)* > > * def registered(request):* > * if request.method == 'POST':* > * if request.POST.get('name') and request.POST.get('email') and > request.POST.get('inquiry') and request.POST.get('message'):* > * mail = Email()* > * mail.name <http://mail.name> = request.POST.get('name')* > * mail.email = request.POST.get('email')* > * mail.inquiry = request.POST.get('inquiry')* > * mail.message = request.POST.get('message')* > * mail.save() * > * return render(request, 'success.html')* > * else:* > * return render(request, 'success.html')* > > *class MailSuccessView(TemplateView):* > * template_name = 'success.html'* > > *models.py* > > *from django.db import models* > *from django.contrib.auth.models import User* > > *class Email(models.Model):* > > * name = models.CharField(max_length=120)* > * email = models.EmailField()* > * inquiry = models.CharField(max_length=70)* > * message = models.CharField(max_length=300)* > > * def __str__(self):* > * return self.name <http://self.name>* > > *admin.py* > > *from django.contrib import admin* > *from .models import Email* > *admin.site.register(Email)* > > > Thank you in advance!! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/348dd562-f760-4e28-8db4-e1d1e24f00f5n%40googlegroups.com.
