On 23-Mar-09, at 5:53 PM, AKK wrote:
> I'm working through chapter 7 of the djangobook online. and i've got
> the following:
>
> def search(request):
>    if 'criteria' in request.GET:
>
> however, if i leave it blank rather than it saying "You submitted an
> empty form" it says:
>
> Can someone tell me how to fix this or mention why it occurs?

Line two merely checks for the presence of the field, not its contents  
so you probably want (untested)

if request.GET.get('criteria'):
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