Fixed #8435 -- Documented the `prefix` option on formsets.

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Brian Rosner 2008-08-27 16:44:52 +00:00
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</form>
The above ends up calling the ``as_table`` method on the formset class.
Using more than one formset in a view
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are able to use more than one formset in a view if you like. Formsets
borrow much of its behavior from forms. With that said you are able to use
``prefix`` to prefix formset form field names with a given value to allow
more than one formset to be sent to a view without name clashing. Lets take
a look at how this might be accomplished::
def manage_articles(request):
ArticleFormSet = formset_factory(ArticleForm)
BookFormSet = formset_factory(BookForm)
if request.method == 'POST':
article_formset = ArticleFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES, prefix='articles')
book_formset = BookFormSet(request.POST, request.FILES, prefix='books')
if article_formset.is_valid() and book_formset.is_valid():
# do something with the cleaned_data on the formsets.
else:
article_formset = ArticleFormSet(prefix='articles')
book_formset = BookFormSet(prefix='books')
return render_to_response('manage_articles.html', {
'article_formset': article_formset,
'book_formset': book_formset,
})
You would then render the formsets as normal. It is important to point out
that you need to pass ``prefix`` on both the POST and non-POST cases so that
it is rendered and processed correctly.