django how to insert a textbox input to sqlite database?

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I apologize for asking a newbie question. I know both python and sqlite, but I never worked with them for a website with django framework.

So for example, my database already has 2 fields A and B. I want to insert dataA and dataB to A and B respectively. I want to take the input from 2 textbox on my website and put these data into the database as an entry.

How can I do that? If this is not too easy, where can I find in the documentation about this information?

In the tutorial, naturally. Part 4 talks about forms, but looks like you need to do the whole thing. — Daniel Roseman
– Daniel Roseman, Commented Jun 6, 2015 at 17:56

Patrick Beeson · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-06 18:04:02Z

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Sounds like you can use ModelForm for this purpose.

Just create your models like so:

class YourModel(models.Model):
    textA = models.CharField(max_length=200,)
    textB = models.CharField(max_length=200,)
    ...

Then, create your form:

class YourModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = YourModel
        fields = ['textA', 'textB']
        ...

Then, reference this from your view:

class YourCreateView(CreateView):
    form_class  = YourModelForm

Render this in your template ({{ form }}}) and you're done (mostly)!

answered Jun 6, 2015 at 18:04

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return 0 Over a year ago

Where is the part I update this entry in the database?

Patrick Beeson Over a year ago

It depends on how you'd like to do that. For example, if you need this to be done by users, you might change the CreateView to UpdateView. Or, you might use the Django Admin for staff updates. Or, just change the data via the shell using the Django ORM.

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