Flipping a boolean value with a simple view in Django?

Question

I have a simple view, but can't get it to do what it's supposed to, which is simply flip a Boolean Value:

def change_status(request):
 request.user.get_profile().active=not request.user.get_profile().active
 return render_to_response('holdstatus.html', {
  'user' : request.user,
 })

In addition to "not", I've tried '-' and '!', but all to no avail.

Answer 1

You need to save the changes to the database.

def change_status(request):
    profile = request.user.get_profile()
    profile.active = not profile.active
    profile.save()
    return render_to_response('holdstatus.html', {
       'user': request.user,
    })

Answer 2

Late but may help someone else. You can toggle by using ^= True. Toggle active field in profile like:-

profile = request.user.get_profile()
profile.active ^= True
profile.save()