Changes between Version 49 and Version 50 of NewbieMistakes

Timestamp:

Dec 10, 2012, 7:38:17 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

osantana

Comment:

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NewbieMistakes

@@ -28 +28 @@
 Note that Django now attempts to catch this problem, as of [3109].
 
+== Your forms doesn't upload files ==
+
+==== Symptom ====
+
+You have {{{FileField()}}} and {{{ImageField()}}} fields in your form and the files are not uploaded when you submit this form
+
+==== Probable cause ====
+
+You might be missing the {{{request.FILES}}} argument when intantiate your {{{Form}}} object.
+
+==== Solution ====
+
+Always make sure that you are passing {{{request.FILES}}} when intantiate your {{{Form}}} object:
+
+{{{
+form = MyForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
+}}}
 
 == URLconf include() misbehaving ==
@@ -186 +203 @@
 }}}
 
+or
+
+{{{
+r'C:\django\sqlite\django.db'
+}}}
+
 Make sure there is no special charcaters in the path like "éè" or "(".
+
+If you are using Windows and this message appears intermittently make sure that your security software (Anti-malware) are not opening (and locking) your database file to check for malware presence.
 
 == How to point apache to your media files directory ==