Thumbs up Tom.
I didn't even bother to open the links you sent, I just finished the
tutorial.
The name of the link said it all, capturing-text-in urls.
I am most grateful.
thanks all.
I would have to read the links however to master these things.
Regards.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Dipo Elegbede <delegb...@dudupay.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > i am currently reading the django book and following the examples step by
> step.
> > I have a view defined as follows:
> > from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
> > import datetime
> > #def myhome(request):
> > # message = """<html>
> > # <head><title>MY HOME</title></head>
> > # <body bgcolor='yellow'>
> > # <center>
> > # </center>
> > # </body>
> > # </html>
> > # """
> > # return HttpResponse(message)
> > #
> > #def hello(request):
> > # return HttpResponse("Hello World")
> > #
> > #def current_time(request):
> > # now = datetime.datetime.now()
> > # html = "<html><body>It is now %s.</body></html>" % now
> > # return HttpResponse(html)
> >
> > def hours_ahead(request, offset):
> > try:
> > offset = int(offset)
> > except ValueError:
> > raise Http404()
> > dt = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=offset)
> > html = "<html><body>In %s hour(s), it will be %s.</body></html>" %
> (offset, dt)
> > return HttpResponse(html)
> > (All the commented area work just fine )
> > and I have a url.py like this:
> > from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
> > from mysite.views import *
> > from django.contrib import admin
> > admin.autodiscover()
> > urlpatterns = patterns('',
> > (r'^$', myhome),
> > (r'^polls/', include('mysite.polls.urls')),
> > (r'^hello/$', hello),
> > (r'^time/$', current_time),
> > (r'^time/plus/\d{1,2}/$', hours_ahead),
> > )
> > when i try to run localhost:8000/time/plus/3, I get the following error:
> > TypeError at /time/plus/4/
> > hours_ahead() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
> > Request Method: GET
> > Request URL: http://localhost:8000/time/plus/4/
> > Django Version: 1.2.1
> > Exception Type: TypeError
> > Exception Value:
> > hours_ahead() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
> > Exception Location:
> c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\django-1.2.1-py2.6.egg\django\core\handlers\base.py
> in get_response, line 100
> > Python Executable: c:\Python26\python.exe
> > Python Version: 2.6.4
> > Server time: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:51:57 +0100
> > My understanding of the error message is that I supplied, 1 argument when
> the view function, hours_ahead was expecting 2 but really, i don't have a
> hang of where to put the other argument. I am following the examples in the
> book.
> > I must be missing something, kindly help me out.
> > thank you.
> >
> >
> >
>
> These should help you:
>
> http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/http/urls/#named-groups
>
> http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/http/urls/#notes-on-capturing-text-in-urls
>
> Also, please configure your MUA to wrap lines at ~78 characters when
> sending emails to mailing lists.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
>
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