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POgetting an error didn't return an HttpResponse object. What is going on?
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copied!<p>For the first time i am trying to create a small django application. It is just a basic page with two forms, a search form, which returns values from a database (working well), and a insert form (the problem). In the insert form there are three text fields asking for values for a new row in the database. The app is called "searcher". Here is my code:</p> <p>views.py</p> <pre><code>from django.http import HttpResponse from django.template import Context from django.template.loader import get_template from searcher.models import Publisher from django.db.models import Q def search(request): if "search" in request.GET: value = request.GET['search'] results = Publisher.objects.filter(Q(city__contains=value) | Q(name__contains=value)) else: value = "No term" results = [] template = get_template("base.html") html = template.render(Context({"value":value, "results":results})) return HttpResponse(html) def insert(request): if "name" in request.POST: for key in request.POST: counter = 0 if key != '': counter = counter + 1 if counter == len(request.POST): row = Publisher(name=request.POST['name'], city=request.POST['city'], website=request.POST['website']) row.save() </code></pre> <p>base.html</p> <pre><code><html> <body> <form method = "GET" action = ""> <input type = "text" name = "search"><input type = "submit"> </form><br> you searched for:{{value}}<br> your results: {% for result in results %} <br>{{result}}<br> {% endfor %} <br><br> <form method = "POST" action = "/test/insert/"> <input type = "text" name = "name" value = "name"><br> <input type = "text" name = "city" value = "city"><br> <input type = "text" name = "website" value = "website"><br> <input type = "submit"> </form> </body> </html> </code></pre> <p>urls.py </p> <pre><code>from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url from searcher import views urlpatterns = patterns('', url(r'^test/$', views.search), url(r'^test/insert/$', views.insert), ) </code></pre> <p>the error is saying "ValueError at /test/insert The view searcher.views.insert didn't return an HttpResponse object." as a result of me submitting the insert form.</p> <p>I understand what the error is saying: sorry but all views in views.py MUST return something to show.</p> <p>Firstly why is this?</p> <p>And secondly what is the correct way to accomplish the insert form ? Currently i have set the form action = "/test/insert/" so that in urls.py it can recognise the insert form was submitted and call the function insert, how should the function be called instead?</p>

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