I have multiple forms on my site that work and save info to my PostgreSQL database. I am trying to create a form to save information for my Set Model:
class Set(models.Model):
settitle = models.CharField("Title", max_length=50)
setdescrip = models.CharField("Description", max_length=50)
action = models.ForeignKey(Action)
actorder = models.IntegerField("Order number")
The Set Form looks like this. I am using ModelChoiceField to pull a list of Action name fields from the Action model, this displays on the form as a select dropdown
class SetForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Set
fields = ['settitle', 'setdescrip', 'action', 'actorder']
action = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = Action.objects.values_list('name', flat=True), to_field_name="id")
The view for createset is below:
def createset(request):
if not request.user.is_authenticated():
return redirect('%s?next=%s' % (settings.LOGIN_URL, request.path))
elif request.method == "GET":
#create the object - Setform
form = SetForm;
#pass into it
return render(request,'app/createForm.html', { 'form':form })
elif "cancel" in request.POST:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/actions')
elif request.method == "POST":
# take all of the user data entered to create a new set instance in the table
form = SetForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/actions')
else:
form = SetForm()
return render(request,'app/createForm.html', {'form':form})
When the form is filled in and valid and Save is pressed, nothing happens. No errors, the page just refreshes to a new form. If I don't set the action field in forms.py using (action = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = Action.objects.values_list('name', flat=True), to_field_name="id")) then the data saves, so that is likely where I am doing something wrong. Just not sure what?