I just started to use django. I came across forms and I need to know which one is the better way to validate a forms. Would it be using django forms or should we use javascript or some client side scripting language to do it? ...
I have a model with a field that is required but not entered by the user and i have a hard time saving the model without errors. My model definition looks like this: class Goal(db.Model): author = db.UserProperty(required=True) description = db.StringProperty(multiline=True, required=True) active = db.BooleanProperty(default=True)...
Is there a simple way to make Django render {{myform.name}} as John Smith instead of <input id="id_name" name="name" value="John Smith" /> inside <form> tags? Or am I going about this the wrong way? ...
I'm trying to create a new Topic and the category id is dynamically determined in javascript on the client side. The problem i'm having is I pass the category id and I want to lookup the correct category object, but using a model form, it checks if the category is an instance of Category before I can assign it and save it. --model.py-- ...
I am currently using inlineformset_factory to get a formset with Holidays for a Person, but I only want to display the Holiday objects that are in the future. HolidaysFormset = inlineformset_factory(Person, Holiday) Within the Person class, it is easy to get the future holidays: def future_holidays(self): return self.holidays.fil...
In Django the {{ form.field.errors }} gives the validation error for a field. But it always displays it as unordered list (). But I just want the error message. Is there a way to get the error message? ...
I am constructing the pieces of a formset manually in a template. How do I get the hidden fields TOTAL_FORMS and INITIAL_FORMS. Is there a hidden display widget with them in it already there that I can call? <label>formset title</label> #formset.TOTAL_FORMS #formset.INITIAL_FORMS {% for form in formset.forms %} {{form.field}} {{...
A simple form with ModelChoiceField displayed as radio buttons (the inherited widget). I'm using an onchange event to POST, everytime a user selects a radio button: shipping_choice = ShippingChoiceField( queryset=ShippingMethods.objects.all(), empty_label=None, widget=forms.RadioSelect(attrs={ 'class': 'order', 'onchange': '$("#...
What's the best way to implement the following: ### models.py >>> from django.db import models >>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User # Create the client class. >>> class Client(models.Model): ... user = models.OntToOneField(User) ... zip = ***???***() ### forms.py >>> from django.forms import ModelForm # Create the fo...
Hi,How can i make user to downlaoad a excel from the django app.i HAVE A MODEL WHICH gives the report.Now i want a option from user can download the file in excel form.ANy Solution ...
Hello, I understand that Django won't let you save a incomplete fields in a single form created from a Model unless you do this: tmpform = form.save(commit=False) tmpform.foo = form.cleaned_data['foo'] tmpform.save() So I want to do this kind of thing with forms in a formset - I am trying to to iterate through all the fields for eac...
Hey there, I've been looking through the site and trying to find something to help me, but I can't find anything. I'll begin with showing the models that relate to this: class Game(models.Model): home_team = models.ForeignKey(Team, related_name='home_team') away_team = models.ForeignKey(Team, related_name='away_team') round ...
I have a Django form with several fields in it one of which needs to be repeated n times (where n is not known at design time) how would I go about coding this (if it is possible at all)? e.g. instead of :- Class PaymentsForm(forms.form): invoice = forms.CharField(widget=ValueHiddenInput()) total = forms.CharField(widget=ValueH...
Hi, Does anybody know how to get the selected item of a dropdown menu from within a clean method in a modelform object, before the object has been saved? I have tried the following: def clean_something(self): dropdown = self.cleaned_data.get('dropdown') where 'dropdown' is the field representing the dropdown menu, but this doesn't...
Hi I have a "Person" Model which has a one-to-many Relations to other Models, for instance Address. I want to edit these models on the same page as Person, which I can already do via inlines. But I also want to change the order of the fields. I want the (inline) field "Address" to be the third item in the list, but for fields ('first_...
The below class inherits from the Textarea widget and features javascript code that displays how many characters more a user can enter in a textarea. class TextAreaWithCharCounter(forms.Textarea): class Media: js = ('js/jquery.charcounter.js',) def render(self, name, value, attrs = None): id = attrs['id'] ...
I have a object with a many-to-many relation with another object. In the Django Admin this results in a very long list in a multiple select box. I'd like to filter the ManyToMany relation so I only fetch Categories that is available in the City that the Customer have selected. Is this possible? Will I have to create a widget for it? An...
Is it possible to use the form fields from django.contrib.localflavor.us.forms on the Google App Engine? Can I simply use those form fields, or do I need a form field under google.appengine.ext.db.djangoforms ...
My question is almost exactly the same as this post, except that I'm using Python and Django instead of PHP. The task is to take: id date 1 2009-01-01 10:15:23 2 2009-01-01 13:21:29 3 2009-01-02 01:03:13 4 2009-01-03 12:20:19 5 2009-01-03 13:01:06 And output: 2009-01-01 1 2 2009-01-02 3 2009-01-03 4 5 I ...
Hi guys, i dont know how ill ask this, im new with Django, but ill try. I have a form in the private user section, well this form save the username logged, a encrypted data from another function, and some more fields. Now my problem is that in the Admin, i need to use "this form" too, but i dont know how render the form in different wa...