James Bennett wrote:
> On 7/11/07, Carl Karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How can I do something similar with:
>> coursestatus = Event.objects.filter(
>> eventtype__eventcode='corsecond',
>> eventdate__lt = datetime.now()
>> ).latest('eventdate')
>>
>> Currently I get " Event matching query does not exist. "
>
> As you should -- when there is no object matching the parameters
> you've passed, 'latest()' raises ObjectDoesNotExist (specifically in
> this case, the subclass Event.DoesNotExist).
>
> What you want is to wrap a try/except block around that, like so:
>
> try:
> coursestatus = Event.objects.filter(...your params...).latest()
> except Event.DoesNotExist:
> coursestatus = None
>
Huh. I would have expected this case would have been provided for.
Thanks for giving me the exception to catch, I would have just left it open
thinking I would figure it out someday, and that day would only come when I am
going nuts trying to figure out why some error is being suppressed.
Carl K
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