Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of NewbieMistakes

Timestamp:

Oct 15, 2005, 7:46:43 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

hugo

Comment:

added hint on missing / in form actions

NewbieMistakes

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 Please feel free to share the things that tripped you up when you started with Django. We'll try to improve Django's error handling to catch such mistakes in the future.
+
+== POST to views loses POST data ==
+
+==== Symptom ====
+
+You are having a form that does a POST to some view and the view doesn't get the POST data from the form.
+
+==== Probable cause ====
+
+You might missing the / at the end of the form action. If that is the case, the CommonMiddleware redirects
+to the exact name of the view - and that allways includes a trailing /. Because it does so by using the
+standard HTTP redirection through Location header, it can't pass on the POST data - and that's why it get's lost.
+
+==== Solution ====
+
+Allways make sure that your form actions end with / like this:
+
+{{{
+<form action="/registration/login/" method="POST">
+<input name="username">
+<input name="password" type="password">
+</form>
+}}}
+
 
 == URLconf include() misbehaving ==