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Flex and DjangoSoap - Flex not sending strings to the soap methods correctly

Hi I am using Flash Builder 4 to connect to a django web service that is using the djangosoap code. The django web service appears to be working correctly when tested with a soap client. However the flash builder 4 generated soap classes don't seem to send requests correctly. I have a say_hello(name) method that takes one string parame...

Dynamic mass hosting using mod_wsgi

Hi, I am trying to configure an apache server using mod_wsgi for dynamic mass hosting. Each user will have it's own instance of a python application located in /mnt/data/www/domains/[user_name] and there will be a vhost.map telling me which domain maps to each user's directory (the directory will have the same name as the user). What i d...

How do I overrride fieldset.html template so that I can pass more arguments

I am overriding the admin fieldset.html template? I need to access the model. I have a table called domain and I need to query the database (Domain.objects.all) get a list of all the domains and pass it to the template. How/where would I do it especially with respect to admin interface. Thanks ...

Django + Virtualenv: manage.py commands fail with ImportError of project name.

This is blowing my mind because it's probably an easy solution, but I can't figure out what could be causing this. So I have a new dev box and am setting everything up. I installed virtualenv, created a new environment for my project under ~/.virtualenvs/projectname Then, I cloned my project from github into my projects directory. Noth...

Is it possible, in a django template, to check if an object is contained in a list

I'm very new to django, about a week into it. I'm making a site where users enter stuff, then other users can vote on whether they like the stuff or not. I know it's not so novel, but it's a good project to learn a bunch of tools. I have a many-to-many table for storing who likes or dislikes what. Before I render the page, I pull out a...

Java equivalent for database schema changes like South for Django?

I've been working on a Django project using South to track and manage database schema changes. I'm starting a new Java project using Google Web Toolkit and wonder if there is an equivalent tool. For those who don't know, here's what South does: Automatically recognize changes to my Python database models (add/delete columns, tables etc...

Help a CRUD programmer think about an "approval workflow"

I've been working on a web application that is basically a CRUD application (Create, Read, Update, Delete). Recently, I've started working on what I'm calling an "approval workflow". Basically, a request is generated for a material and then sent for approval to a manager. Depending on what is requested, different people need to approve t...

Django | Python creating a JSON response

Hi, I'm trying to convert a server side AJAX response script in to an Django HttpResponse, but apparently it's not working. This is the server-side script /* RECEIVE VALUE */ $validateValue=$_POST['validateValue']; $validateId=$_POST['validateId']; $validateError=$_POST['validateError']; /* RETURN VALUE */ $arrayToJs = arra...

Some basic questions about Django, Pyjamas and Clean URLs

I am farily new to the topic, but I am trying to combine both Django and Pyjamas. What would be the smart way to combine the two? I am not asking about communication, but rather about the logical part. Should I just put all the Pyjamas generated JS in the base of the domain, say http://www.mysite.com/something and setup Django on a sub...

django: Selecting questions that was not asked

Hi, I am creating small django application which holds some few questions (and answers for them) What I want to do is to show user random question, but only from those which was not solved by him yet. I wonder how to do this. For now, I defined user profile model this way: class UserProfile(models.Model): rank = models.IntegerFie...

How can I get access to a Django Model field verbose name dynamically ?

I'd like to have access to one my model field verbose_name. I can get it by the field indice like this model._meta._fields()[2].verbose_name but I need to get it dynamically. Ideally it would be something like this model._meta._fields()['location_x'].verbose_name I've looked at a few things but I just can't find it. ...

Model objects versions in Django

Hi I'm building an e-commerce website. I have a Product and Order models. It's possible that a customer order a product and then the admin change its price or other fields before the customer actually get it. A possible solution is to add a 'version' field to the Product model. When the admin update a product field I'll add a timestamp...

Django - How to do CSFR on public pages? Or, better yet, how should it be used period?

After reading this: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/csrf/#how-to-use-it I came to the conclusion that it is not valid to use this except for when you trust the person who is using the page which enlists it. Is this correct? I guess I don't really understand when it's safe to use this because of this statement: This...

Setting a preferred item of a many-to-one in Django

I'm trying to create a Django model that handles the following: An Item can have several Names. One of the Names for an Item is its primary Name, i.e. the Name displayed given an Item. (The model names were changed to protect the innocent.) The models.py I've got looks like: class Item(models.Model): primaryName = models.OneToO...

Django - transactions in the model?

Models (disregard typos / minor syntax issues. It's just pseudo-code): class SecretModel(models.Model): some_unique_field = models.CharField(max_length=25, unique=True) # Notice this is unique. class MyModel(models.Model): secret_model = models.OneToOneField(SecretModel, editable=False) # Not in the form spam = models.Char...

Reverse Search Best Practices?

I'm making an app that has a need for reverse searches. By this, I mean that users of the app will enter search parameters and save them; then, when any new objects get entered onto the system, if they match the existing search parameters that a user has saved, a notification will be sent, etc. I am having a hard time finding solutio...

Django admin, hide a model

Hello At the root page of the admin site where registered models appear, I want to hide several models that are registered to the Django admin. If I directly unregister those, I am not able to add new records as the add new symbol "+" dissapears. How can this be done ? ...

Django Form field initial value on failed validation

Hi, how do I set the value of a field element after a form has been submitted but has failed validation? e.g. if form.is_valid(): form.save() else: form.data['my_field'] = 'some different data' I don't really want to put it in the view though and would rather have it as part of the form class. Thanks ...

django overwrite form clean method

Hi, When overwriting a form clean method how do you know if its failed validation on any of the fields? e.g. in the form below if I overwrite the clean method how do I know if the form has failed validation on any of the fields? class PersonForm(forms.Form): title = Forms.CharField(max_length=100) first_name = Forms.CharField(...

replace values in form.data when form fails validation

Hi I have a form field which requires a json object as its value when it is rendered. When the form is submitted it returns a comma seperated string of ids as its value (not a json string). however if the form does not validate i want to turn this string of ids back into a json string so it will display properly (is uses jquery to rende...