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Hi everyone,

I have read the documentation several times, but I am still confused. When you specify a model in Django, you can specify the file's destination. However, in the documentation, they go on a great deal about handling the write to disk manually. My question is: Is it better to just say form.save() or to write a file handler with a hardcoded(?) path. form.save() has been flakey for me.

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Calling the form's save method should work just fine, assuming you are using a forms.ModelForm subclass. Some things to note.

  • Make sure to properly set the form's enctype in the template
  • Be sure the view that handles the form checks for files

    form=MyModelForm(data=request.POST, files=request.FILES)

When you say form.save() has been flaky, what do you mean?

czarchaic
I am saving a modelform but for some reason it's not showing up :(
SapphireSun
Can you post your code?
czarchaic
I think it was mostly my fault. I'm trying to get it to work when the submitted form has errors.
SapphireSun