Figured it out. I was making a simple mistake using the actual html file name instead of the incoming url that's mapped to its def. Thank you for responding so quickly.
On Aug 1, 4:56 pm, Dan Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > what error are you getting? > > On Aug 1, 4:41 pm, cprsystems <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to write a simple html page using Django that passes one > > variable via a submit button and text line and prints it out to > > another hmtl document. I'm having trouble getting it to work. Could > > someone explain what I'm doing wrong? I've included the code below. > > > urls.py > > # -*- coding: cp1252 -*- > > from django.conf.urls.defaults import * > > from dantest.views import * > > > # Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin: > > # from django.contrib import admin > > # admin.autodiscover() > > > urlpatterns = patterns('', > > ('^htmlp1/$', htmlp1), > > ('^htmlp2/$', htmlp2), > > ) > > > views.py > > from django.shortcuts import render_to_response > > import datetime > > > def htmlp1(request): > > now = datetime.datetime.now() > > return render_to_response('page-one.html', locals()) > > > def htmlp2(request): > > student_id = request.GET['student_id'] > > # if id is 12345 then > > # if id is 54321 > > return render_to_response('page-two.html', locals()) > > > page-one.html > > <html> > > <body> > > <h1> > > Please enter your student ID, you hopeless waste of a dorm room > > </h1> > > <form action="/htmlp2/" method="get"> > > <input type="text" name="student_id"/> > > <input type="submit" value="Submit"> > > </form> > > </br> > > To show how to use variables in the template, the time is {{now}} > > </body> > > </html> > > > page-two.html > > <html> > > <body> > > <h1>You entered id {{student_id}}</h1> > > </body> > > </html> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
