On Jun 26, 11:36 pm, elspiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've fairly new to django but i'm loving it!
>
> I've got some draggable panels on a site and want to save their
> positions so when a user logs back in, the panels are in the same
> place when they last hit the save button. What I'm doing is (using
> jQuery) retrieving the id's of the panels, putting them into an array,
> and using ajax to pass the array to the server:
>
> var data = []
> $('#left > div').each(function() {
> data.push($(this).attr('id'));
> });
> var Left = 'Left<br />';
> for(x in data)
> {
> Left += data[x] + " in pos " + x + "<br />";
> }
> Left += "<br />";
> $('#var_test').html(Left);
>
> $.post("/post_test/",{'data[]': data });
>
> Using firebug, I can see that the data is being posted correctly.
>
> Below is the view (abridged):
>
> def post_handler(request):
> post_text = request.POST.getlist('data')
> user = User.objects.get(id=2) # for debugging purposes
> for x in range( len(post_text)-1 ):
> name = post_text[x]
> panel =
> user.panels_set.get(name__istartswith=name,side="left")
> panel.order = x
> panel.save()
>
> The problem is its not saving to the database, I'm assuming it to do
> with the way I'm accessing the POST data, but I can't work it out.
> I've tried post_text = request.POST['data'], but that didn't work
> either,
>
> I really am at a loose end with this...please help!!
You are POSTing the data with the dictionary key 'data[]'. But your
view is expecting the value 'data'.
Your jQuery post line should just be :
$.post("/post_test/",{'data': data });
I suspect this is a habit picked up from PHP, but you don't need it
here.
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