Django Model Form not saving to database

Question

I have the following ModelForm which when I use as below it is not saving to the database. I have tried other posts and answers on here but cannot get this to save.

If I use the same Class Base View (CreateView) and use the input of {{form}} in the HTML I can get this working and it saves to the database, but I need to have the form fields added separately in the HTML page as below that has been created for me with separate inputs.

The output of the post prints in the terminal ok, but then as mentioned not to the database.

Hope this all makes sense and thanks in advance for any help I can get on this.

models.py

class ASPBookings(models.Model):

program_types = (
    ('Athlete Speaker & Expert Program', 'Athlete Speaker & Expert Program'),
    ('Be Fit. Be Well', 'Be Fit. Be Well')
)

presentation_form_options = (
    ('Face to Face', 'Face to Face'),
    ('Virtual', 'Virtual'),
)
organisation_types = (
    ('Goverment School', 'Goverment School'),
    ('Community Organisation', 'Community Organisation'),
    ('Non-Goverment School', 'Non-Goverment School'),
    ('Other', 'Other')
)

contact_name = models.CharField(max_length=80)
program_type = models.CharField(max_length=120,choices=program_types)
booking_date = models.DateField()
booking_time = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now())
duration = models.CharField(max_length=10, default="1")
email = models.EmailField()
phone_number = models.CharField(max_length=120)
speaker_brief = models.TextField()
presentation_form = models.CharField(max_length=120, choices=presentation_form_options)
audience_number = models.CharField(max_length=10)
street = models.CharField(max_length=120)
suburb = models.CharField(max_length=120)
region = models.CharField(max_length=50, default="1")
post_code = models.CharField(max_length=40)
organisation_type = models.CharField(max_length=120,choices=organisation_types)
athlete = models.ForeignKey(Athlete, default="13", on_delete=models.CASCADE)

def __str__(self):
    return self.contact_name

forms.py

class ASPBookingsForm(forms.ModelForm):

class Meta():
    model = ASPBookings
    fields = ('__all__')

views.py

class ASPBookingsCreateView(CreateView):
form_class = ASPBookingsForm
model = ASPBookings
template_name = "vistours/bookings_asp.html"

def post(self, request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = self.form_class(request.POST)
        print(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            program_type = form.cleaned_data['prev_program']
            booking_date = form.cleaned_data['prev_date']
            booking_time = form.cleaned_data['prev_time']
            duration = form.cleaned_data['prev_duration']
            street = form.cleaned_data['street']
            suburb = form.cleaned_data['suburb']
            post_code = form.cleaned_data['postcode']
            region = form.cleaned_data['region']
            organisation_type = form.cleaned_data['org_type']
            audience_number = form.cleaned_data['audience']
            presentation_form = form.cleaned_data['presentation_form']
            contact_name = form.cleaned_data['contact_name']
            email = form.cleaned_data['email']
            phone_number = form.cleaned_data['phone']
            speaker_brief = form.cleaned_data['comments']
            athlete = form.cleaned_data['athlete']
            form.save()
        return render(request, self.template_name)

HTML

        
{% load static %}



  

  Athlete Speaker Program



  
  
  


  
  


  
  
  






  
    {% csrf_token %}
    
      
      
        
        
        
      
      
      
        
        
        
          
            Address & Organisation Type
            
              Please fill out the address fields
              Uncheck the box below if you've already booked a session with us in an earlier date.

              
                
                Street
                
                  Please enter a valid street name
                
              

              
                
                Suburb
                
                  Please enter a valid suburb name
                
              
              
                
                Post Code
                
                  Please enter a valid post code
                
              
              
                
                Region
              
              
                
                Organisation Type
              


            
          
        
        

        

      
      
      
        
        
        
          Next
        
        
      
      

      


      
      
        
        
        
        
      
      

      
      
        
        
        
          
            Audience
            
              Audience Number
              How many people will be attending this conference

              
                
                Audience Number
                
                  Please enter a valid audience number
                
              
            
          
        
        
        
      

      
      
        
        
        
          Next
        
        
      
      

      
      

      
      
        
        
        
        
      
      

      
        
        
        
          
            Contact Information
            
              Contact info and speaker brief
              
                Please fill out the contact form and explain what function/class the speaker will be presenting to, what topics you would like the speaker to cover and if you have any requests for type of speaker (male/female/sport/para athlete, etc.) under Speaker Brief section.
                
                  
                  Preferred Presentation Form
                
                
                  
                  Contact Name
                  
                    Please enter a valid contact name
                  
                
                
                  
                  Athlete Name
                  
                    Please enter a valid contact name
                  
                
                
                  
                  Email
                  
                    Please enter a valid email address
                  
                
                
                  
                  Phone
                  
                    Please enter a valid phone number
                  
                
                
                  
                  Speaker Brief (Max 500 Characters)
                  
                    Please explain the topics you want the speaker to present
                  
                





              

            
          
          
          
        
        
        
          
          
          
            
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Ajeet Ujjwal · Accepted Answer

I think your form might be invalid. Try to print form.errors in the else statement corresponding to your if form.is_valid() statement.

One other suggestion is to use Django form to generate the html instead of generating everything by yourself (which is prone to errors and hard to manage). You can still keep the form fields separated. Check out the URL below:

https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/article/2017/08/19/how-to-render-django-form-manually.html#accessing-the-form-fields-individually

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