Russ, Wow, thanks so much for clearing that up, I was never sure about the parameters part of the URL, since this is my first real web program EVER, and I figured django was the right way to go.
Does caching matter that much in my example, since it's dynamic data anyway? John On Jul 19, 5:43 pm, "Russell Keith-Magee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/20/07, John M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >http://.../model3/add/# - calls a view to add a new model3, with > > foreign key model2 of # > >http://.../model3/edit/# - calls a view to edit a model3 of ID# > > > It seems simple enough, but wanted to get everyones feedback on > > anything I'm missing, or is it just this simple? > > It's pretty much that simple, although there are a few details I would > suggest: > > - You have add and edit views, but no 'view' view - i.e., just show me > the object. The best place for this is probablyhttp://.../model1/# > for model1, ID # (repeated for other models). Alternatively, if there > is no such thing as a non-editing view - if you want an object to be > editable whenever it is viewed, just make thehttp://.../model1/#view > the edit view. If you do this, make sure you do a HttpResponseRedirect > when you POST to prevent the POST request ending up in the browser > history. > > - You might want to have a think about your method of foreign key > hinting using the URL. Each URL should be a unique, cachable resource > - in this case, "add an instance of model3". Adding > transient/suggested data to your URL would generally violate this > principle. On top of that, what do you do to the URL space if you need > to specify 2 foreign keys? > > A alternate approach would be to pass in the preferred foreign key as > part of the GET dictionary i.e., your request would be: > /model3/add/?model1=3. That way, there is only 1 URL resource (the add > page at /model3/add/), and the view can still work if you have no or > multiple specified foreign key references (just modify the handling of > the GET dictionary to inspect 0, 1 or many keys). > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
