variable name collision.
caused by locals()
On May 18, 8:05 pm, Brandon Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Very odd. On a whim, I changed:
>
> <ul>
> {% for instructor in instructors %}
> <li>{{ instructor.first_name }}</li> #there is no value output
> here
> {% endif %}
> </ul>
>
> to
>
> <ul>
> {% for i in instructors %}
> <li>{{ i.first_name }}</li> #this works?!
> here
> {% endif %}
> </ul>
>
> Can anyone offer some reason why that would work? Just for my own
> sanity :)
>
> Cheers,
> Brandon
>
> On May 18, 6:57 pm, Brandon Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Here is my code:
>
> > #in models.py
> > class Instructor(models.Model):
> > prefix = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
> > first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
> > middle_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True,
> > null=True)
> > last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
> > suffix = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True, null=True)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return self.last_name + ' ' + self.first_name
>
> > class Student(models.Model):
> > instructors = models.ManyToManyField(Instructor)
> > first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
> > middle_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True,
> > null=True)
> > last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
> > suffix = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True, null=True)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return self.last_name + ' ' + self.first_name
>
> > #in views.py
>
> > def show_student(request, id)
> > student = Student.objects.get(id=id)
> > instructors = student.instructors.all()
> > return render_to_response('student.html', locals())
>
> > #in student.html
> > ...
> > <ul>
> > {% for instructor in instructors %}
> > <li>{{ instructor.first_name }}</li> #there is no value output
> > here
> > {% endif %}
> > </ul>
>
> > Thoughts?
>
> > On May 18, 5:56 pm, Brandon Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi everyone,
>
> > > I have a ManyToMany field on a model, and when I want to get the
> > > related items and display them in a template in a for loop, the loop
> > > executes the correct number of times, but in my output blocks there
> > > are no values.
>
> > > If I print the object, I get an array of values, same as any other
> > > object, but I can't output anything.
>
> > > Thoughts? I'm starting to get stumped.
>
> > > Brandon
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