forbid changing year when editing existing logbook entry

core/views/uploads.py

@@ -311,17 +311,19 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             if "prev_slug" in request.POST:
                 prev_slug = request.POST["prev_slug"].strip() # if we are re-editing the same entry again
             entry = entry.replace('\r','') # remove HTML-standard CR inserted from form.
-            entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<p>\n') # replace 2 \n  with <br><br>
+            entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<p>\n') # replace 2 \n  with <p>
-            # entry = entry.replace('\n\n','\n<br />\n<br />\n') # replace 2 \n  with <br><br>
-            # entry = entry.replace('<p>','<br />\n<br') # replace <p> tag  with <br><br>
-            # entry = entry.replace('<p ','<br />\n<br') # replace <p> tag  with attributes with <br><br>
-            # entry = entry.replace('<br>','<br />') # clean up previous hack
             tu = request.POST["tu"].strip()
             tu = clean_tu(tu)
             
             try:
                 odate = datetime.strptime(date.replace(".", "-"), "%Y-%m-%d").date()
-                dateflag = False
+                print(f"{odate.year=}")
+                if str(odate.year) == year:
+                    dateflag = False
+                else:
+                    print(f"Trying to change the year ! No!! {odate.year=}")
+                    odate = datetime.strptime(f"{year}-01-01", "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+                    dateflag = True
             except:
                 odate = datetime.strptime(f"{year}-01-01", "%Y-%m-%d").date()
                 print(f"! Invalid date string {date}, setting to {odate}")
@@ -469,7 +471,10 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             # the next time this code is run it thinks a new slug needs to be created. So we should
             # actually redirect to a new URL (an edit not a create) not simply return a render object.
             # logbookedit/2022-08-21a
-            return HttpResponseRedirect(f'/logbookedit/{slug}')
+            
+            # HOWEVER by doing a redirect rather than returning a rendered page, we lose all the 
+            # error settings e.g dateflag and authroflag so the user gets no feedback about bad data entered.
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(f"/logbookedit/{slug}?dateflag={dateflag}&authorflag={authorflag}")
             
             # return render(
                 # request,
@@ -492,6 +497,16 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
     else:
         form = LogbookEditForm()
         year = validate_year(year)
+        
+        if request.GET.get('dateflag', 'False') == "True":
+            dateflag = True
+        else:
+            dateflag = False
+            
+        if request.GET.get('authorflag', 'False') == "True":
+            authorflag = True
+        else:
+            authorflag = False
 
         if not slug: # no slug or bad slug for an lbe which does not exist
             return new_entry_form()
@@ -516,11 +531,9 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                         # people.append(p.personexpedition.person.fullname)
                         people.append(p.nickname_used)
                 others =', '.join(people)
-                print(f"{others=}")
                 if lbe.other_people:
                     others = others + ", " + lbe.other_people
                 lenothers = min(70,max(20, len(others)))
-                print(f"{others=}")
  
                 text = lbe.text
                 rows = max(5,len(text)/50)
@@ -530,8 +543,8 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
                     {
                         "form": form,
                         "year": year,
-                        "date": lbe.date.isoformat(),
+                        "date": lbe.date.isoformat(), "dateflag": dateflag,
-                        "author": author,
+                        "author": author, "authorflag": authorflag,
                         "others": others,
                         "lenothers": lenothers,
                         "place": lbe.place,

templates/logbookform.html

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
            <input name="prev_slug" id="prev_slug" value="{{slug}}" type=hidden>
 
            <span {% if dateflag %}style="color:red"{% endif %}>
-           <label for="date">Date of the activity</label>
+           <label for="date">Date of the activity{% if dateflag %} (cannot change year on an existing entry){% endif %}</label>
            <input {% if not user.username %} disabled{% endif %} 
            label = "Date" name = "date" size="12"
            title="Date of the activity, a single day,  in ISO format: 2020-08-17"