You need to call form.save() after you validate the form.
As below:
def add(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = AddShow(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/shows/#success')
return HttpResponseRedirect('/shows/#error')
On Jun 4, 7:39 pm, Andy Dietler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm pretty new to Django and Python and I've had some success from
> reading some books and guides playing around so far but I'm having
> trouble figuring out how to get data I submit from a form to save into
> the database. I've simplified down my code to just the basics and I
> can get the form to submit fine and get passed the "if form.isvalid()"
> step, but I'm lost from there. I've looked at a ton of code samples,
> but most are way too complex and I can't figure out the basics of
> this. All I want to do is save the title field as a new database entry
> in the shows_show table. Anybody out there willing to take a look at
> this incredibly simple code and give me a pointer or two about what is
> wrong, what I need to add to get that working.
>
> Thanks a ton. - Andy
>
> 3 pertinent files:
>
> models.py
> ---------
> from django.db import models
> from django import forms
>
> class Show(models.Model):
> title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
>
> class AddShow(forms.Form):
> title = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
>
> views.py
> --------
> from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
> from tvolt.shows.models import Show, AddShow
>
> def add(request):
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = AddShow(request.POST)
> if form.is_valid():
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/shows/#success')
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/shows/#error')
>
> index.html
> ----------
> <form method="post" action="add/">
> <fieldset>
> <legend>Add a show</legend>
> <dl>
> <dt><label for="id_title">Title</label></dt>
> <dd>
> <input id="id_title" type="text" name="title"
> maxlength="100" />
> </dd>
> <dd>
> <button type="submit">Add a show</button>
> </dd>
> </dl>
> </fieldset>
> </form>
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