Wooops I just realised my template var had a typo so it wasn't getting anything.
Sorry. Nice tip for checking the sql though. It has been noted. a note to others: i was getting nothing to start with until i remembered that querysets are lazy. you might need to force evaluation to get your sql out i used l = len(qset) d = discussion.objects.extra(select={' ... sql blah ... '},) l = len(d) from django.db import connection for q in connection.queries: print "############################################" print q i must go to bed earlier On Mar 2, 7:05 am, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 15:25 -0800, itpaul wrote: > > I got this from the docs and it gives an extra comment_count column. > > great. > > > discussion.objects.extra(select={'comment_count': 'SELECT COUNT(*) > > FROM forum_commentextra WHERE forum_commentextra.discussion_id = > > forum_discussion.id'},) > > > i also want to get the latest comment. > > > The sql ive got in this works fine in postgres, but not in django. > > You haven't explained what goes wrong when you try to do this in Django. > If it gets as far as querying the database, have a look at the SQL that > is generated (see the FAQ if you don't know how to do that) and compare > that to what you expect to happen. > > Regards, > Malcolm > > -- > If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you > tried.http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---