Monday, August 27, 2012

Re: Dependent Ajax Form Fields

Thank you for the help!

On 8/27/12, Jani Tiainen <redetin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 26.8.2012 21:54, Joseph Mutumi kirjoitti:
>> Hello,
>>
>> If A is a model with ForeignKey relationships to B. What would be the
>> best way of rendering two
>> selectboxes, A and B. The values of B are the values filtered through
>> using the relationship with
>> the selected value of A via an AJAX call.
>>
>> I need to get these values from the DB as well as have Django validation
>> work out? All ideas are
>> welcome!
>
> Well it works exactly as you described. You hookup with your JS
> framework to change event of selectbox A to run query and update
> contents (by calling django view with correct params) of selectbox B.
>
> I suggest that you keep validation to happen on form submit rather than
> when updating two field values.
>
> Just find out what is the best way to do that with your JS framework.
>
> Try googling "dependent selectboxes <name of your js framework" and it
> should get you going. By adding keyword Django might give even more help.
>
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