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I have a view definition that (attempts to) outputs a model as a table. This is what I have so far:
def output_table(request):
output = My_Model()
return render_to_response('outputtable.html', {'output': output})
Here's the HTML for outputtable.html:
<html>
<table>
{{ output.as_table }}
</table>
</html>
What am I doing wrong? It doesn't work. Now, it's passing the model correctly, because if I change My_Model() to My_Model.objects.all() and then output it as simply {{ output }} then it shows me what I would see in the Django shell.
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A model is the single, definitive source of information about your data. It contains the essential fields and behaviors of the data you're storing. Generally, each model maps to a single database table.
Saving changes to objects To save changes to an object that's already in the database, use save() . This performs an UPDATE SQL statement behind the scenes. Django doesn't hit the database until you explicitly call save() .
pk is short for primary key, which is a unique identifier for each record in a database. Every Django model has a field which serves as its primary key, and whatever other name it has, it can also be referred to as "pk".
So what you need to do is the following:
1) add
from django.forms import ModelForm to your models.py
2) add
class My_Model_Form(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = My_Model
3) in your views.py, change output = My_Model() to output = My_Model_Form()
Now you are all set. So the trick is to inherit your Form from your original model.
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If you're just looking to output one specific model, change your template to something like
<tr>
<td>Name:</td>
<td>{{ output.name}}</td>
</tr>
for all the fields you care about. If this is something you want to be able to do for any arbitrary model in your app, take a look at this snippet. That would provide you with a fields collection to loop over.
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