Checking if a dynamicallygenerated dropdown has a selected item

[Sithembewena Lloyd Dube]

Hi all,

I have a dynamically generated dropdown in this fashion (when viewing source):

<select name="question_3_answers">
               <option name="question_3_answer0" selected="selected"></option>
               <option name="question_3_answer_7}" value="question_3_answer_7">a) Spend the majority of time indoors</option>
               <option name="question_3_answer_8}" value="question_3_answer_8">b) Value superior darkness and consider in-car activation</option>
               <option name="question_3_answer_9}" value="question_3_answer_9">c) Value indoor clarity over outdoor darkness</option>   
</select>

<select name="question_4_answers">
               <option name="question_4_answer0" selected="selected"></option>
               <option name="question_4_answer_7}" value="question_3_answer_7">a) Spend the majority of time indoors</option>
               <option name="question_4_answer_8}" value="question_3_answer_8">b) Value superior darkness and consider in-car activation</option>
               <option name="question_4_answer_9}" value="question_3_answer_9">c) Value indoor clarity over outdoor darkness</option>   
</select>

How would one check, in a view, whether or not any of the dropdowns have a selected item? I basically need to ensure that users answer at least 3 out of 5 questions?

Thanks ...
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Regards,
Sithembewena Lloyd Dube

[Babatunde Akinyanmi]

Maybe I don't really understand the question but I think if you want
to check if the user has answered 3 questions, check from the keys in
request.GET or request.POST as the case may be.

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[Thomas Orozco]

Are you using django forms?

Should be pretty straightforward once you have the input nicely formatted to just count the number of fields that have been filled in.

[Sithembewena Lloyd Dube]

Hi all,

I am not using django forms for this. I did think along the lines of doing the following:
- implement the Question form, override __init__ in the model to return answers for that question,
- instantiate a form for each question, set model=whatever_model_in_current_loop and append it to a list,
- in the template, render them out

... but ...

How wuld I then access the forms collection in my view, say, from request.POST?

I think I may be trying to reinvent a wheel here.

Regards,
Sithembewena Lloyd Dube

[Sithembewena Lloyd Dube]

Hi all,

I am not using django forms for this. I did think along the lines of doing the following:
- implement the Question form, override __init__ in the model to return answers for that question,
- instantiate a form for each question, set model=whatever_model_in_

current_loop and append it to a list,
- in the template, render them out

... but ...

How would I then access the forms collection in my view, say, from request.POST?

I think I may be trying to reinvent a wheel here.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Thomas Orozco <g.orozc...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Regards,
Sithembewena Lloyd Dube

[Daniel Roseman]

On Monday, 23 July 2012 21:05:54 UTC+1, Lloyd Dube wrote:

Hi all,

I am not using django forms for this. I did think along the lines of doing the following:
- implement the Question form, override __init__ in the model to return answers for that question,
- instantiate a form for each question, set model=whatever_model_in_

current_loop and append it to a list,
- in the template, render them out

... but ...

How would I then access the forms collection in my view, say, from request.POST?

I think I may be trying to reinvent a wheel here.

Yes. This is what formsets are for.

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DR. 

[Sithembewena Lloyd Dube]

Thanks Daniel :) Was just poring over the Formsets documentation now ... looks like what I need.

I will update this thread with the results later.

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