On Jul 29, 11:27 pm, Eric <ericbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am getting this error in the Django Administration section when I > add an entry for a Dashboard object. > > When I return to the item in the Admin section, the record has been > added and it displays correctly in the list of Dashboard objects. When > I click on it, it shows correctly. Only when I add a new one or save > one does that happend. And, I noticed that the history is not > populated. > > The traceback is: > > Environment: > > Request Method: POST > Request URL:http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/dashboard/dashboard/1/ > Django Version: 1.2.1 > Python Version: 2.6.2 > Installed Applications: > ['django.contrib.auth', > 'django.contrib.contenttypes', > 'django.contrib.sessions', > 'django.contrib.sites', > 'django.contrib.messages', > 'django.contrib.admin', > 'ManagementReview.dashboard'] > Installed Middleware: > ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', > 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware') > > Traceback: > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response > 100. response = callback(request, > *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in wrapper > 239. return self.admin_site.admin_view(view)(*args, > **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view > 76. response = view_func(request, *args, > **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py" in > _wrapped_view_func > 69. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in inner > 190. return view(request, *args, **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapper > 21. return decorator(bound_func)(*args, **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view > 76. response = view_func(request, *args, > **kwargs) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in bound_func > 17. return func(self, *args2, **kwargs2) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/db/transaction.py" in > _commit_on_success > 299. res = func(*args, **kw) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in > change_view > 901. self.log_change(request, new_object, > change_message) > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in log_change > 443. object_repr = force_unicode(object), > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py" in force_unicode > 66. s = unicode(s) > File "/Users/Eric/Documents/DjangoProjects/ManagementReview/../ > ManagementReview/dashboard/models.py" in __unicode__ > 47. return u"%s" % self.name.decode('utf-8') > File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/ > python2.6/encodings/utf_8.py" in decode > 16. return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True) > > Exception Type: UnicodeEncodeError at /admin/dashboard/dashboard/1/ > Exception Value: ('ascii', u"Eric's Nifty D\xe4shboard Entry", 14, 15, > 'ordinal not in range(128)') > > The model looks like this: > > class Dashboard(models.Model): > name = models.CharField("Dashboard name",max_length=100) > fiscal_year = models.IntegerField("Fiscal year") > region = models.CharField("Region", max_length=30) > review_date = models.DateField("Review date") > date_completed = models.DateField("Date Completed") > > def __unicode__(self): > return u"%s" % self.name.decode('utf-8') > > Can somebody help me figure out what is going on here? > > Thanks > Eric
This wouldn't necessarily cause that error, but your __unicode__ method is unnecessarily complicated. All model elements retrieved from the db are already unicode, so there's no reason to 'decode' from utf-8. The method should simply return self.name. In fact, on reflection this could well be the cause of your problem - because you're calling .decode() on something that is already unicode, Python will try to encode it to bytes first - and since you haven't specified an encoding, it will default to ASCII, hence the encoding error. -- DR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
