You'll need to use getlist('credentials') to access the form data (use
this in your validation code or in form processing) or:
for cred in data['credentials']:
newthing.credentials.add(cred)
newthing.save()
I think you're looking for the getlist() stuff.
Tim
> On Dec 23, 7:52 pm, "Alex Ezell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > OK, I figured out the array type in Postgresql to get this to work.
> > Now, the challenge is to read through the array when I am displaying the
> > values and match them up with the choices in the model.
>
> > /alex
>
> > On Dec 23, 2007 12:20 PM, Alex Ezell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Tim,Sorry for the late reply, but I'm just now getting around to this.
>
> > > This definitely gives me the widget I want and the Forms class is happy,
> > > but I can't seem to find anything about what type of DB field or Model
> > > field
> > > this should be.
>
> > > The errors I get say that the value posted is of type text[], but I'm not
> > > sure how to cast that or whatever to get the database to accept and then
> > > of
> > > course be able to edit it or display it.
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > > /alex
>
> > > On Dec 18, 2007 10:46 AM, Tim < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Try this:
>
> > > > credentials =
> > > > forms.MultipleChoiceField(widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple ,
> > > > choices=Truckshare.CREDENTIALS_CHOICES)
>
> > > > On Dec 17, 9:14 pm, "Alex Ezell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I have several fields define in my models like this:
> > > > > CREDENTIALS_CHOICES = (
> > > > > ('LM', "Commercial Driver's License"),
> > > > > ('IN', 'Insured'),
> > > > > ('DR', 'DOT Registered (Interstate)'),
> > > > > ('FI', 'Fragile Item Qualified'),
> > > > > )
> > > > > credentials = models.CharField(max_length=2, blank=True,
> > > > > choices=CREDENTIALS_CHOICES)
>
> > > > > Then, I have them described in my form class as this:
>
> > > > > credentials = forms.ChoiceField(choices=Truckshare.CREDENTIALS_CHOICES
> > > > )
>
> > > > > What I would like to do is use a CheckboxSelectMultiple for this
> > > > field.
> > > > > However, when I do that like this:
>
> > > > > credentials = forms.ChoiceField(choices=Truckshare.CREDENTIALS_CHOICES
> > > > > ,widget=CheckboxSelectMultiple)
>
> > > > > but that will fail because it will submit multiple values to the model
> > > > and
> > > > > since it's ChoiceField, it will complain.
>
> > > > > How can I set this up so that I can use choices in my model and use a
> > > > > CheckboxSelectMultiple field via newforms?
>
> > > > > Thanks!
>
> > > > > /alex
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