def course_add(request):
#POST request signifies that someone is trying to add a course
if request.method == 'POST':
errors = []
#add/edit the course to the db
short_name = request.POST['short_name']
name = request.POST['name']
description = request.POST.get('description', '')
c = Course(short_name=short_name, name=name, description=description)
c.save()
try:
course_order = CourseOrder.objects.get(course=c)
except CourseOrder.DoesNotExist:
course_order = CourseOrder(course=c)
course_orders = CourseOrder.objects.order_by('-order')[:1]
if course_orders:
course_order.order = course_orders[0].order + 1
else:
course_order.order=0
course_order.save()
return render_to_response('course/add.html', {'errors': errors}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
#GET request signifies that someone is asking for the form to add courses
elif request.method == 'GET':
return render_to_response('course/add.html', {}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
#We cannot process any request besides GET and POST
else:
logging.error("%s requested" % (request.method))
def courses_reorder(request):
course_short_names = request.POST['order'].split(',')
msg = ''
count = 0
for course_short_name in course_short_names:
count += 1
if(course_short_name == ''):
continue
try:
course = Course.objects.get(short_name=course_short_name)
try:
co = CourseOrder.objects.get(course=course)
except:
co = CourseOrder(course=course, order=count)
co.order = count
co.save()
msg = 'Course reordering complete'
except Exception, e:
logging.error("Could not reorder courses " + e)
msg = 'Course reordering faile ', e
