hi, Tom thanks for the reply
what I actually want to do is to list several templates in the render_to_response function and be able to choose which one to use can I choose which template to use? thanks again, and let me know if my question is clear enough On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:09 PM, jay K. <jay.developer2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I have a view with the following render_to_template function > > > > ... > > > > return render_to_response( 'template/template.html', {var'': var}, > > context_instance=RequestContext(request)) > > ... > > > > I want the render_to_response to point to more than 1 template. So far > > I've tried adding a dictionary of templates but it gives me an error, > > maybe I'm > > not doing it properly > > > > If anyone can teach me how to do it I'd really appreciate it > > > > thanks > > > > What do you want to happen with your list of templates? Do you want to > find the first one that exists and render that one? If so, you can > pass an iterable to render_to_response instead of a single template > name, and it will render the first available one, see the docs: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/http/shortcuts/#id1 > > Otherwise, you will have to explain what you are trying to do, as it > is non-obvious. > > Cheers > > Tom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.