problem handling upload file django - django

Question

I'm trying to do a feature that would allow the user to upload a file. That file would have information to insert into the database, that's why in the function I'm saving data. Not sure if it's the best option.
What I've done so far:
forms.py:
class UploadFileForm(forms.Form):
file = forms.FileField()
views:
def last_step(request, word):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
msg = handle_uploaded_file(word, request.FILES['file'])
return render_to_response('final_insert.html', {'msg': msg})
else:
form = UploadFileForm()
return render_to_response('upload.html',
{
'word': word,
'form': form })
template:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{% url upload_done 'clinical' %}" method="post">
<div>
{% for field in form %}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
</div>
</form>
function:
def handle_uploaded_file(word, f):
msg = "first stop"
data = []
for chunk in f.chunks():
data.append(chunk)
msg = "after chunk"
if word == 'clinical':
pat = Patient.objects.values_list('patient', flat=True)
for i in data:
if i[0] not in pat:
b2 = Patient(patient=i[0])
b2.save()
msg = "number was inserted"
else:
msg = "something"
return msg
The problem is when I hit "save" in the template, it redirects well to another template, but I don't see any message, like I suppose to see (final_insert.html shows {{ msg }})
Can someone help me understand what I'm doing wrong?
Any help is welcome!
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I was able to understand my mistake.
sorry guys for my silly mistake
so this is the form:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{% url upload_done 'clinical' %}" method="post">
<div>
{% for field in form %}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
</div>
</form>
urls:
url(r'^insert/file/(?P<word>clinical)/upload/$', last_step, name="upload"),
url(r'^insert/file/(?P<word>clinical)/upload/result/$', final, name='upload_done'),
so the view last_step corresponds to the url "upload" and not "upload_done"
I wrote into the form action={% url upload_done 'clinical' %}, so when I hit save it will redirect me automatically to the other template. Without running the code!!
So I changed the form to:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{% url upload 'clinical' %}" method="post">
<div>
{% for field in form %}
{{ field.label_tag }}
{{ field }}
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Guardar" />
</div>
</form>
and now it works..
sorry guys, I thought I needed to redirect to the other page but when he redirects he doesn't run the code..