Question

I have a very long task that runs once the client/user/customer presses the submit button. How can I display a message to say, hang on… query running, until the query finishes using Django?

Answer 1

This is what I ended up doing using JQuery and including some code to determine which button was pressed:

<form>
<div id="loading" style="display:none;">Finding all words, may take a long time</div>
<div id="form_input_things">
<input type="submit" name="_save" value="Save" />
<input type="submit" name="_get_words" value="Get Words" />
{{ form.as_p }}
</div>
</form>

<script>
    $("form").submit(function() {
    {
      if( $("[submit_button_pressed=Save]").get(0) === undefined )
      { 
        $('#loading').show();
        $('#form_input_things').hide();
      }
    }
    return true;    
    });

    $(":submit").live('click', function() {
       $(this).attr("submit_button_pressed", $(this).val());
    });
</script>