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Django templates: How do I use a field in the model in a template?

Answer 1

+2 A:

Well, the easy way would just be to add year_graduated to the context dict.

return render_to_response('search_results.html', {'lawyers': lawyers1, 'last': last_name, 'first': first_name, 'year_graduated': q_year[0], 'form': form})

Josh Wright 2010-01-20 18:16:31

Thanks! I didn't know this.

Zeynel 2010-01-20 18:35:27

Answer 2

A:

The whole view could use some work to make things a little easier on yourself. Here are a few quick changes (including the ones discussed in the other question):

def search_form(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        search_form = SearchForm(request.POST)
        if search_form.is_valid():
            last_name = search_form.cleaned_data['last_name']
            first_name = search_form.cleaned_data['first_name']
            fields = {}
            if last_name:
                lawyers = fields['last__iexact'] = last_name
            if first_name:
                lawyers = fields['first__icontains'] = first_name
            try:
                searched_lawyer = Lawyer.objects.get(**fields)
            except Lawyer.DoesNotExist:
                form = SearchForm()
                return render_to_response('not_in_database.html', {'last': last_name, 'first': first_name, 'form': form})
            except Lawyer.MultipleObjectsReturned:
                form = SearchForm(initial={'last_name': last_name})
                # Note: this breaks the current multiple returns functionality, up to you...
                return render_to_response('more_than_1_match.html', {'last': last_name, 'first': first_name, 'form': form}) 
            q_school = searched_lawyer.school
            q_year = searched_lawyer.year_graduated
            classmates = Lawyer.objects.filter(school__iexact=q_school).filter(year_graduated__icontains=q_year).exclude(last__icontains=last_name)
            form = SearchForm()
            return render_to_response('search_results.html', {'classmates': classmates, 'searched_lawyer': searched_lawyer, 'form': form})
    else:
        form = SearchForm()
        return render_to_response('search_form.html', {'form': form, })

So now rather than using "first" and "last" in your template, you'd be using "searched_lawyer.first", etc.. (But this means you would have access to all the attributes of that lawyer in your template)

Josh Wright 2010-01-20 18:29:56

Looks good. I'll study this in detail and implement when I understand it. Thank you for the help.

Zeynel 2010-01-20 18:36:15

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