Taking a Form and saving it into a model - django

Question

I got this form working Ok but i can't figure out how to save it to the database via the model i know this is a semantic question that i can't figure out Please Help. I'm using django The error is
D = Donation(user=request.user,name=form.cleaned_data['name'],description=cd['descri‌​ption']) D.save()
views.py
def donate(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = DonationForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
cd = form.cleaned_data
D = Donation(user=request.user,name=form.cleaned_data['name'],description=cd['description'])
D.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/test/')
else:
form =DonationForm()
return render_to_response('addaDonation.html',{'form': form},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
`
Donation is my Model and i need to get the information from my form into the Donation Model so i can D.save
class DonationForm(forms.Form):
name = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
description = forms.CharField(max_length=3000)
towards = forms.CharField()
#image = forms.ImageField()
class Donation (models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
description = models.CharField(max_length=3000)
towards = models.ForeignKey(NonProfit)
image = models.ImageField(upload_to='photos/%Y/%m/%d')
The error I get is
(1054, "Unknown column 'name' in 'field list'")
Request information
GET
No GET data
POST
Variable Value
csrfmiddlewaretoken u'nXGN4gdZwk2qxNpP9YIXzvNQI7lKQe5r'
towards u'this'
name u'this'
description u'that'

Answer 1

change your form class to the following;
from django.forms import ModelForm
class DonationForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
class = Donation
exclude = ("user", )
def save(self, user):
donation = super(DonationForm, self).save(commit=False)
donation.user = user
donation.save()
return donation
Then you should be able to change the view.py to the following;
def donate(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = DonationForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
form.save(request.user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/test/')
else:
form = DonationForm()
return render_to_response('addaDonation.html',{'form': form},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
See official documentation Creating forms from Models