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authorJason Pellerin <jpellerin@gmail.com>2006-11-29 19:51:54 +0000
committerJason Pellerin <jpellerin@gmail.com>2006-11-29 19:51:54 +0000
commitf6d48b5d02acc7cd8d71ffe895fbf41c7c9ae2b7 (patch)
treee917b17718dc2bec225e37d9f452cfd734c5ef6a /docs/forms.txt
parentc000f6a48061839d064143be45d2453b5cf97311 (diff)
[multi-db] Merge trunk to [3764]. Some tests still failing.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/multiple-db-support@4138 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ about editing an existing one? It's shockingly similar to creating a new one::
else:
errors = {}
# This makes sure the form accurate represents the fields of the place.
- new_data = place.__dict__
+ new_data = manipulator.flatten_data()
form = forms.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors)
return render_to_response('places/edit_form.html', {'form': form, 'place': place})
@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ The only real differences are:
* ``ChangeManipulator.original_object`` stores the instance of the
object being edited.
- * We set ``new_data`` to the original object's ``__dict__``. This makes
- sure the form fields contain the current values of the object.
- ``FormWrapper`` does not modify ``new_data`` in any way, and templates
- cannot, so this is perfectly safe.
+ * We set ``new_data`` based upon ``flatten_data()`` from the manipulator.
+ ``flatten_data()`` takes the data from the original object under
+ manipulation, and converts it into a data dictionary that can be used
+ to populate form elements with the existing values for the object.
* The above example uses a different template, so create and edit can be
"skinned" differently if needed, but the form chunk itself is completely