They did not provide the model parameter because ca queryset was used, note the following line.
queryset=Poll.objects.order_by('-pub_date')[:5] On Thursday, July 5, 2012 1:13:38 PM UTC-6, Sam007 wrote: > > Hey Djangoers, > > In the fourth and last part of the Django tutorials, > > urlpatterns = patterns('', > url(r'^$', > ListView.as_view( > queryset=Poll.objects.order_by('-pub_date')[:5], > context_object_name='latest_poll_list', > template_name='polls/index.html')), > url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/$', > DetailView.as_view( > model=Poll, > template_name='polls/detail.html')), > url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/results/$', > DetailView.as_view( > model=Poll, > template_name='polls/results.html'), > name='poll_results'), > url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', 'polls.views.vote'),) > > > There is a explanation that, > > "Each generic view needs to know what model it will be acting upon. This > is provided using the model parameter." > > But in the code above there was no 'model' parameter given for ListView? > So is model parameter only for DetailView? In the tutorial, was the generic > view suppose to be DetailView? > > -- > Thanks & Regards > Smaran Harihar > > -- 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/-/VbSqnftQAVoJ. 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.