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=== Edit 3: Adding the new field to the view ===
Adding a field to the model will ensure that we have a place to store the new field. You now need a way to access and update the data in this field. In Django, this is the responsibility of the view.
Find the view.py file located in the "mysite/profile" folder. Since you know that another field, 'irc_nick' is handled the same way as you want the new birthday field handled, you can easily find the right places to make changes to the code by searching for 'irc_nick'. Do that now and you will find the field added in the following functions.
In the edit_person_info_do(request) function, you will find the following line:
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# grab the irc nick
person.irc_nick = edit_info_form['irc_nick'].data
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Now edit that to add in a similar line for our new birthday field. Note: We will soon add the new field to the form.
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# grab the irc nick
person.irc_nick = edit_info_form['irc_nick'].data
# grab the birthday
person.birthday = edit_info_form['birthday'].data
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Continuing your search, you will notice that the 'irc_nick' field also appears in the edit_info function. Continue to make a change so that our birthday field appears there as well. Note: Don't forget the comma at the end of the line!
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'homepage_url': person.homepage_url,
'irc_nick': person.irc_nick,
'birthday': person.birthday,
'understands': data['tags_flat'].get('understands', ''),
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The next things to do are:
* Create a form to capture the new field
* Make the template changes so the new field appears in the profile block.
* [[Making schema changes|Write a migration file]] to add that column to our database.
* Write a test.
* Submit a patch.
= Testing =
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