On May 22, 11:49 pm, Hanne Moa <hanne....@gmail.com> wrote: > I upgraded python to 2.6.8 today from an earlier 2.6, what an > adventure! So much bizarre happenings so many places. Tonight's > special: > > SomeModel.objects.get(sometextfield=sometext) always works (when there > is one entry where sometextfield=sometext of course). > > auth.User.objects.get(username=sometext) works only *sometimes*. > > In a login-view, I first check that the user for a given username > exists. It does! User found. Then I try to authenticate: > auth.authenticate(user.username, password). That never works! > Monkeypatching authenticate() shows that the > User.objects.get(username=username) in it always returns > User.DoesNotExist. But of course: > User.objects.filter(username__startswith=username).get(username__endswith=username) > always return the user in question. And the only thing that has > changed is the minor python version. > > I can't get User.objects.get(username=whatever) to work in the shell either. > > How do I debug this further? This is for django 1.3, I need to have > this working predictably again before I can upgrade to 1.4. I have > logs of the sql if that'll help but the sql looks fine.
Please provide these three things for further debugging: - the exact Python code you try in the shell (including a real username). - the SQL that generates (when not working). - what does happen when you try to run that SQL in manage.py dbshell (you might need to add quotes to the parameters) - Anssi -- 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.
