Variable 'name' in a django template form - forms

Question

I have the following template, which has both an "add" and "delete" button:
<tr>
<td>Position</td>
<td>{{ form.position }}<input type="submit" value="add" , name='add'/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>
{% for position in positions %}
{{ position}}<input type="submit" value="Delete", name="delete-position.{{ position }}"/>
{% endfor %}
</td>
</tr>
How would I construct the views.py function to find the name value of the Delete submit button? I currently have:
try:
request.POST['add']
positions.append(request.POST['position'])
return render_to_response('registration/getting_started_info1.html', {'form': form, 'positions': positions}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))
except:
if 'delete-position' in request.POST:
positions.remove(### how to get name of Delete submit? ###)
return render_to_response('registration/getting_started_info1.html', {'form': form, 'positions': positions}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))
Also, is there a better way to construct the view/template so I can use an if...else instead of a try...except ?

Answer 1

First, you should probably do this:
if request.method == "POST":
if 'add' in request.POST.keys():
positions.append(...)
return render_to_response(...)
else:
for k, v in request.POST.items():
if k.startswith('delete-position'):
positions.remove(k)
return render_to_response(...)
That should help with what you're asking... however, I'm not sure if it's the easiest method to do what you're trying to do.

Answer 2

Save the positions in the session.

Answer 3

Your try-catch is kind of weird. You should probably be submitting delete requests to a different view.
But as to how you can get the delete-position vars, it's easy:
def delete(request):
if request.method == "POST":
for key in request.POST.keys():
if key.startswith('delete-position'):
positions.remove(request.POST[key])