well, if you retrieve an object via GET modify something and then submit the new data you will create a POST request and I was wondering if I could test wether the object being saved was an existing one or not...
greetings, Genis 2009/6/16 Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> > > On Jun 15, 4:23 pm, Genis Pujol Hamelink <genis.pu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > yes, but what if it's a new object and not an existing one? How do I test > > this? The request method will be POST, so form will be form = > > MyForm(request.POST)... so if form.pk exists in the db how do I tell > it's > > editing an existing object? > > > > if request.method == 'POST': > > form = myform(request.POST) > > try: > > instance = myobj.objects.get(id=form.id) > > form = myform(request.POST, instance=instance) > > if form.is_valid(): > > form.save() > > else: > > whatever goes here > > except: > > form = myform(request.POST) > > if form.is_valid(): > > form.save() > > else: > > whatever goes here > > > > Something like this or do u know a better way? > > > > I don't really understand how a newly-entered item can exist in the > database already. At the very least, saving the new item would give it > a new PK, so it wouldn't be a duplicate, surely. > -- > DR. > > > -- Genís --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
