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TomerI
TomerI

Reputation: 11

How to enter django form information into the DB

I saw the form documentation in the django site and I wonder how to add the data to the DB.

That`s the HTML :

<form action="/your-name/" method="post">
    <label for="your_name">Your name: </label>
    <input id="your_name" type="text" name="your_name" value="{{ current_name }}">
    <input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>

That`s the function example given in the documentation :

def get_name(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = NameForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')
    else:
        form = NameForm()

    return render(request, 'name.html', {'form': form})

Now I need to see how a function the adds the name to the database will look like.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 110

Answers (2)

doniyor
doniyor

Reputation: 37846

I hope NameForm is a modelform. in this case just save()ing brings the data into db. 

if form.is_valid():
    form.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')

if your form is a normal form, then you need to grab the passed value and create/assign to/ a model object: 

if form.is_valid():
    # modifying
    name_object = Name.objects.get(some_field=some_field)
    name_object.name_field = form.cleaned_data['your_name']
    name_object.save()

    # or creating
    new_name_object = Name(name_field=form.cleaned_data['your_name'])
    new_name_object.save()
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')

Upvotes: 2

Hayes Pan
Hayes Pan

Reputation: 615

for example:

my own model like this:

class MyModel(models.Model):
    var = models.CharField(max_length=10)

so in my view:

if form.is_valid():
    var = form.cleaned_data['var']
    # do insertion or modification or deletion
    obj = MyModel.objects.create(var=var)
    obj.save()

You'd better take a look at the manual, it's detailed.

Upvotes: 0

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