Why Is My Django ModelForm Not Saving Data to PostgreSQL?

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Hi Everyone,

I’m encountering an issue where my Django ModelForm successfully validates and even prints a success message, but no data appears in my PostgreSQL database. I’m not receiving any errors, so I’m at a loss about what might be going wrong. Below is the relevant code for my Model, URLs, View, and Template. Any insights on what I might be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.

–Model Class–

PYTHON
from django.db import models

class Visitor(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    whom_representing = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    whom_visiting = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    location = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    
    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

–urls.py–

PYTHON
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.admin_home, name='home'),
    path('dashboard/', views.dashboard, name='dashboard'),
    path('reports/', views.reports, name='reports'),
    path('bookings/', views.bookings, name='bookings'),
    path('visitor/', views.visitor_menu, name='visitor'),
    path('visitor_induction/', views.visitor_induction, name='visitor_induction'),
    path('visitor_sign_in/', views.visitor_sign_in, name='visitor_sign_in'),
    path('visitor_sign_out/', views.visitor_sign_out, name='visitor_sign_out'),
]

–views.py–

PYTHON
def visitor_sign_in(request):
    context = {}
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = VisitorForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            print('save')
        return redirect(visitor_menu)
    else:
        form = VisitorForm()
    context['form'] = form
    return render(request, 'austpac_visitor_app/visitor_sign_in.html', context)

–template–

HTML
{% load static tailwind_tags %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Visitor Check - In</title>
    {% tailwind_css %}
</head>
<div class="container mx-auto">
    <header>
        <h1 class='text-center bg-blue-400 text-white text-6xl'>Austpac - Visitor Sign-In</h1>
    </header>
    <body>
        <form action="{% url "visitor_sign_in" %}" method='POST'>
            {% csrf_token %}
            {{form}}
            <input type="submit" name="Submit" id="">
        </form>
    </body>
</div>
</html>

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 9 days ago

Django ModelForm Not Saving to Database Issue

I've identified a critical issue in your visitor_sign_in view that's preventing your form data from being saved to the database. The problem is in your view's control flow.

The Issue

In your current view implementation:

PYTHON
def visitor_sign_in(request):
    context = {}
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = VisitorForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            print('save')
        return redirect(visitor_menu)
    else:
        form = VisitorForm()
    context['form'] = form
    return render(request, 'austpac_visitor_app/visitor_sign_in.html', context)

The return redirect(visitor_menu) statement is indented at the same level as the if form.is_valid(): block, which means it will execute regardless of whether the form is valid or not. This causes your view to redirect immediately after checking form validity, even if the form is invalid.

The Solution

You should move the redirect inside the if form.is_valid(): block so it only redirects after a successful save:

PYTHON
def visitor_sign_in(request):
    context = {}
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = VisitorForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            print('save')
            return redirect(visitor_menu)
    else:
        form = VisitorForm()
    context['form'] = form
    return render(request, 'austpac_visitor_app/visitor_sign_in.html', context)

Additional Recommendations

Add Success Messages: Consider adding a success message to provide feedback to the user:

PYTHON
from django.contrib import messages

def visitor_sign_in(request):
    context = {}
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = VisitorForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.save()
            messages.success(request, "Visitor signed in successfully!")
            return redirect(visitor_menu)
    else:
        form = VisitorForm()
    context['form'] = form
    return render(request, 'austpac_visitor_app/visitor_sign_in.html', context)

Debug Database Connections: If you're still having issues, verify your database connection settings in settings.py.
Form Definition: Make sure your VisitorForm is properly defined (it's not shown in your code). It should look something like:

PYTHON
from django import forms
from .models import Visitor

class VisitorForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Visitor
        fields = ['name', 'whom_representing', 'whom_visiting', 'location']

By making these changes, your form should properly save data to the database when valid.

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