Hey guys, I had to re-install Python and Django for it to work. There seemed to have been something wrong with my path/environment settings. Thank you all for the suggestions and tips though. Once again, very much appreciated:)
FYI I had python installed in a wrong path in the and that gave On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:47:12 PM UTC-4, asherakhet06 wrote: > > H all! > > I am fairly new to programming (went over LPTHW) and now going through the > Djangobook on the internet. Quick beginners question: In Chapter 3, where > I am looking at a dynamic webpage in the 2nd example I am running into some > problems with the current_datetime function I am trying to set up. When, in > views.py I insert the "datetime.datetime.now()" statement and "import > current_datetime" into my urls.py file, I get the following error message > when I try to call up the webpage via runserver. It seems like my pure > python script is not being picked up by the server: > > "ImportError cannot import name current_datetime". > > I know this is most likely an easy question for most of you, but it's been > a real puzzle for me to be honest:/ Anybody have any tips on how to solve > this error? I know it is really important to be careful to copy EXACTLY as > mentioned in the programming book(s), so I am pretty sure I am not making > any spelling/character errors. I am using windows btw. I also have python > 2.7 and django 1.4 installed on my computer. Anybody kind enough to help > me out? Much appreciated! > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:47:12 PM UTC-4, asherakhet06 wrote: > > H all! > > I am fairly new to programming (went over LPTHW) and now going through the > Djangobook on the internet. Quick beginners question: In Chapter 3, where > I am looking at a dynamic webpage in the 2nd example I am running into some > problems with the current_datetime function I am trying to set up. When, in > views.py I insert the "datetime.datetime.now()" statement and "import > current_datetime" into my urls.py file, I get the following error message > when I try to call up the webpage via runserver. It seems like my pure > python script is not being picked up by the server: > > "ImportError cannot import name current_datetime". > > I know this is most likely an easy question for most of you, but it's been > a real puzzle for me to be honest:/ Anybody have any tips on how to solve > this error? I know it is really important to be careful to copy EXACTLY as > mentioned in the programming book(s), so I am pretty sure I am not making > any spelling/character errors. I am using windows btw. I also have python > 2.7 and django 1.4 installed on my computer. Anybody kind enough to help > me out? Much appreciated! > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:47:12 PM UTC-4, asherakhet06 wrote: > > H all! > > I am fairly new to programming (went over LPTHW) and now going through the > Djangobook on the internet. Quick beginners question: In Chapter 3, where > I am looking at a dynamic webpage in the 2nd example I am running into some > problems with the current_datetime function I am trying to set up. When, in > views.py I insert the "datetime.datetime.now()" statement and "import > current_datetime" into my urls.py file, I get the following error message > when I try to call up the webpage via runserver. It seems like my pure > python script is not being picked up by the server: > > "ImportError cannot import name current_datetime". > > I know this is most likely an easy question for most of you, but it's been > a real puzzle for me to be honest:/ Anybody have any tips on how to solve > this error? I know it is really important to be careful to copy EXACTLY as > mentioned in the programming book(s), so I am pretty sure I am not making > any spelling/character errors. I am using windows btw. I also have python > 2.7 and django 1.4 installed on my computer. Anybody kind enough to help > me out? Much appreciated! > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:47:12 PM UTC-4, asherakhet06 wrote: > > H all! > > I am fairly new to programming (went over LPTHW) and now going through the > Djangobook on the internet. Quick beginners question: In Chapter 3, where > I am looking at a dynamic webpage in the 2nd example I am running into some > problems with the current_datetime function I am trying to set up. When, in > views.py I insert the "datetime.datetime.now()" statement and "import > current_datetime" into my urls.py file, I get the following error message > when I try to call up the webpage via runserver. It seems like my pure > python script is not being picked up by the server: > > "ImportError cannot import name current_datetime". > > I know this is most likely an easy question for most of you, but it's been > a real puzzle for me to be honest:/ Anybody have any tips on how to solve > this error? I know it is really important to be careful to copy EXACTLY as > mentioned in the programming book(s), so I am pretty sure I am not making > any spelling/character errors. I am using windows btw. I also have python > 2.7 and django 1.4 installed on my computer. Anybody kind enough to help > me out? Much appreciated! > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:47:12 PM UTC-4, asherakhet06 wrote: > > H all! > > I am fairly new to programming (went over LPTHW) and now going through the > Djangobook on the internet. Quick beginners question: In Chapter 3, where > I am looking at a dynamic webpage in the 2nd example I am running into some > problems with the current_datetime function I am trying to set up. When, in > views.py I insert the "datetime.datetime.now()" statement and "import > current_datetime" into my urls.py file, I get the following error message > when I try to call up the webpage via runserver. It seems like my pure > python script is not being picked up by the server: > > "ImportError cannot import name current_datetime". > > I know this is most likely an easy question for most of you, but it's been > a real puzzle for me to be honest:/ Anybody have any tips on how to solve > this error? I know it is really important to be careful to copy EXACTLY as > mentioned in the programming book(s), so I am pretty sure I am not making > any spelling/character errors. I am using windows btw. I also have python > 2.7 and django 1.4 installed on my computer. Anybody kind enough to help > me out? Much appreciated! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/qeStDFI4Y1cJ. 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. 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