For the record, I am seeing the same problem. request.POST contains the correct values for username and password, yet is_valid returns false and the form does not include any error messages.
I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet but AuthenticationForm is not calling the clean() method. And I have set the test cookie. On Mar 26, 11:39 am, Karen Tracey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Adam Yee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > <p>{{ error }}</p> > > <form method="POST" action="{{ script_name }}/stl_login/"> > > {{ form.as_p }} > > <input type="submit" value="Login" /> > > </form> > > form.as_p ought to be showing the errors on the form. So I'm puzzled by how > is_valid could be returning False but no errors are being displayed. > > > > > Guessing is sometimes all one can do after analyzing to their limit. > > Or they can be lazy without any personal effort and post to a group > > like this one (which I don't recommend). I spent as much time allowed > > figuring out what I could, then came to you. I strive to lessen the > > amount of guessing I do and develop the skills needed to figure out > > problems...but that takes time. > > > I've been reading up on validating since I feel the problem lies in > > the is_valid part. Again, I understand this is a guess, I just need > > to direction in figuring out the problem. I'm not merely looking for > > the quick and easy solution. > > > What I do know is that rendering a template is a separate action from > > validating. Validation should take place before rendering. If I > > can't validate properly, it won't show in the template properly, > > right? Thanks Karen. > > It's perfectly OK to render in a template a form that returns False from > is_valid, that is normally what is done to point out the validation errors > in the submitted data. is_valid returning False doesn't make the form > invalid for displaying, it just means there is something in the submitted > data that is not passing validation. In your case what I'd be doing at this > point is probably stepping through the form cleaning code in a debugger to > figure out what is going on. > > Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
