From 6a7a15586009d2b81d907ef792cdf6cd955931dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell Keith-Magee Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:07:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarified documentation on submission of multiple selections using test client. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@4779 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/testing.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/testing.txt b/docs/testing.txt index f7fd402502..a67c907f6b 100644 --- a/docs/testing.txt +++ b/docs/testing.txt @@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ can be invoked on the ``Client`` instance. The key-value pairs in the data dictionary will be encoded as a multipart message and used to create the POST data payload. + To submit multiple values for a given key (for example, to specify + the selections for a multiple selection list), provide the values as a + list or tuple for the required key. For example, a data dictionary of + ``{'choices': ('a','b','d')}`` would submit three selected rows for the + field named ``choices``. + Submitting files is a special case. To POST a file, you need only provide the file field name as a key, and a file handle to the file you wish to upload as a value. The Test Client will populate the two POST fields (i.e.,