Using ModelForm in Django to add to database

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New to Django and I have exhausted every forum and tutorial I can and I am still having problems getting my form data to the database. I have a simple model that consists of a name and an email field that I will eventually reference in the program. I can load different pages after clicking submit, but my data will not post to the database. I have tried everything I can think of, so my code is probably jacked at this point, but in the current iteration this is what I have: ``` #models.py from django.db import models from django.forms import ModelForm class Patron(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=200) email = models.EmailField(max_length=75) def _unicode_(self): return self.name class PatronForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = Patron #view.py from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404 from patrons.models import Patron from django.template import RequestContext from django.core.context_processors import csrf from django.core.urlresolvers import re…

Accepted Answer

All of

```
post = request.POST
name = post['name']
email = post['email']
f = PatronForm(request.Post)
new_patron = f.save()
```

can be re-written as (note the case of `request.POST`):

```
f = PatronForm(request.POST)
new_patron = f.save()
```

but you should be checking for errors in the form before saving, so:

```
f = PatronForm(request.POST)
if f.is_valid():
    new_patron = f.save()
```

You also have a typo in your form tag, it should be "action", not "aciton". The {{ error }} you have in your template doesn't refer to anything present in your view. While debugging, it might be helpful to let the form render itself, like:

```
{{ form.as_p }}
```

so you can see any errors in the form submission.

Using ModelForm in Django to add to database

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