Why are you using your own <input> tags (just out of interest!)? It might be that you have just provided a cut down version of your code but from what I see, there are a few reasons why it may not be working properly.
It looks like you are only passing the errors to the template, but not the other form values. If you want the previous data, you will need to put it in your context. Is any validation working at all, and is it saving any data to the db? It looks like you are calling is_valid on your POST data (not on an instance of your form object). If you want to pass your POST data to the form, you need to do something like this: f = ContactForm(request.POST) Or if you need to put more data in (or munged data): contact_instance = Contact(att=value) f = ContactForm(request.POST, instance=contact_instance) HTH Em > -----Original Message----- > From: django-users@googlegroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will Rocisky > Sent: 20 August 2008 11:24 > To: Django users > Subject: Re: how to populate data again after validation > > > I am just using... > > model... > class Contact(models.Model): > Name = models.CharField(max_length=100) > email = models.CharField(max_length=100) > comments = models.TextField(blank=False) > > form... > class ContactForm(ModelForm): > Name = forms.CharField(label='Name') > email = forms.EmailField(label='Email') > comments = > forms.CharField(label='Comments',widget=forms.Textarea) > > class Meta: > model = Contact > > views... > f = ContactForm() > f = request.POST > if f.is_valid(): > f.save() > return HttpResponseRedirect('/home/') > else: > ctx = {} > ctx['errors'] = f.errors > return render_to_response('contact.html',ctx) > > when it doesn't save because validation failed, it renders > contact.html again, but blank. All previous data lost. > > On Aug 20, 4:07 pm, "Emily Rodgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How are you doing your validation? Is the form populating a model > > instance or doing something else? > > > > I would be helpful to see some of the function in your views file. > > > > Em > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: django-users@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will Rocisky > > > Sent: 20 August 2008 10:45 > > > To: Django users > > > Subject: how to populate data again after validation > > > > > I am not using builtin {{form}} to print form in template. I am > > > using my own <input> things. > > > Now, after validation, when it shows error and comes back > to form, > > > all the data has disappeared. > > > How can I keep data in fields even after validation. > > > > > I am using render_to_response > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
