Re: Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-22 Thread Richard Dahl
This is still pretty WET for my tastes, but I do not completely understand your requirements. Programming is after all an art and a science. I have a tendendcy to normalize things as much as I feel is reasonable, perhaps it is more than you require. I would at least consider something like the

Re: Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-22 Thread Lance F. Squire
Currently, I'm working from the demos in the book and the site. Here is what I have currently. forms.py: from django import newforms as forms from django.newforms import form_for_model from models import PlanMember TITLES = ( ('Miss','Miss'), ('Mrs.','Mrs.'), ('Ms.','Ms.'),

Re: Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-22 Thread Lance F. Squire
Interesting I could set-up a single people table/model with a field indicating the position/relation to the form/application. I would guess I would to hand make the blank form then and am unsure how to parce it on the other side... Didn't see that in the tutorials... Lance On May 21, 4:36

Re: Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-21 Thread Adam Gomaa
Lance, it's also not clear to me what exactly you need. Are you using ModelForm? If not, what do you mean by the 'auto generated' form? I think I have a rough idea what you're looking for, but a few more details would go a long way. Adam On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Lance F. Squire <[EMAIL

Re: Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-21 Thread Richard Dahl
I would caution you to think in the terms of the data storage (models) separately from data entry (forms via views). Most likely you want a class Person which would have a field for title. Maybe the title field is a FK to the Title model, maybe it is a charfield with or without 'choices'

Forms from Database Tables with choice selects.

2008-05-21 Thread Lance F. Squire
I'm trying to make a Form where 3 people need to be inputed. All three need to have a Title.(EG. Mr. Mrs. etc.) I tried making the Title fields in the database be a key to a table of title selections. The sql generation had no trouble with that, but the Form generator doesn't like it at all...