Yes, the following fixed the problem:
def fcnTrue(self):
return True
I knew this would end up being some newbie mistake. Thank you!!
On Friday, July 6, 2012 2:48:59 PM UTC-5, Tomas Neme wrote:
>
> Abigger piece of your model would be nice, but arent you missing a "self"
> in that method definition? TypeErrors would fail silently in the templates
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Kevin
> Enviados: 06/07/2012 16:37:04
> Asunto: Re: Calling model methods from templates
>
> I should mention this is happening in a loop iterating over a list of
> objects from my view -- the same object type where the fcnTrue method is
> defined. So I'm actually doing the following in a loop
>
> {% if varTrue %} varTrue = true {% endif %}<br />
> {% if fcnTrue %} *myObj*.fcnTrue = true {% endif %}<br />
>
> (I realize the method must be called on an instance, and that's what I'm
> doing but failed to illustrate in my first post)
>
> On Friday, July 6, 2012 2:26:22 PM UTC-5, Kevin wrote:
> >
> > I'm fairly new to Django/Python so please bear with me.
> >
> > I want to create some methods in my models that return boolean values
> > (has_employees, etc) but I cannot seem to access the return value in the
> > template.
> >
> > Here's a cut-down example:
> >
> > Model:
> >
> > def fcnTrue():
> > return True
> >
> > View:
> >
> > return render_to_response('myapp/test.html',
> > { 'varTrue' : True})
> >
> > Template:
> >
> > {% if varTrue %} varTrue = true {% endif %}<br />
> > {% if fcnTrue %} fcnTrue = true {% endif %}<br />
> >
> > Expected output:
> >
> > varTrue = true
> > fcnTrue = true
> >
> > Actual output:
> >
> > varTrue = true
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >
> >
>
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