How do I pass template context information when using HttpResponseRedirect in Django?

Question

I have a form that redirects to the same page after a user enters information (so that they can continue entering information). If the form submission is successful, I\'m r

Answer 1

if you are using auth and have a logged in user you could:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#django.contrib.auth.models.User.message_set.create

GET params are also hackable. The querystring, as mentioned in other answers, could be used.

I think the most preferred way would be to use the sessions framework. That way you can load up whatever you want in the context and get

{{ request.session.foo }} 

foo could be the message or you could do:

{% ifequal request.session.foo 1 %} Nice work! {% else %} Almost! {% endifequal %}

and other fun stuff.

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/sessions/#using-sessions-in-views