Hi, For a client, I've got the following (simplified) models:
class Document (models.Model): file = models.FileField() class Publication (models.Model): title = models.CharField() ... documents = models.ManyToManyField(Document) Publication can have several documents linked to it; my client wants to be able to add a document in the same Django admin form as the Publication; so instead of adding a document to the DB using the (popup) Document form, and then selecting it from within the Publication form, he wants an file upload box *in* the Publication add/ change admin form, so that when "Save" is clicked, before committing the Publication to the DB, the file selected is converted to a Document object, saved, and the ID of that Document is added to Publication.documents, after which the Publication is saved. I'm having a hard time thinking of a good 'clean' way to do this. I'm basically adding two objects from within one (Publication) form. How should I handle this? I've got a custom form, with a custom widget for Publication.documents, which adds a file upload box to the documents field in the Publication form, but how do I handle the document upload before the rest of publication's data is cleaned/validated? Ideally, when the "Save" button is clicked, I'd like some jQuery to check whether the file upload field is filled, and if so, upload the file, show a progress bar indicating the upload's status. Once the upload is finished, the file would be converted into a Document, and it would somehow 'magically' (magically, because I don't really know how this would work) return the new Document's ID, add it to the <select> box, and the Publication form would happily get processed without any extra checks. Any ideas? Henry A. -- 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.
