On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:30 PM, zayatzz <alan.kesselm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Okay.. the problem was what i suspected, but i thought, that if i
> filter the results and get object by its id, then it would be ok,
> since im getting single object.
>
> Alan.
>
> On Apr 5, 10:25 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:23 PM, zayatzz <alan.kesselm...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> >
> > > I have created app for public view or well.. the whole site actually,
> > > but its somehow not working.
> >
> > > I have this in views.py
> >
> > > def index(request):
> > > lpl = lang.objects.filter(id=1)
> > > t = loader.get_template('front/index.html')
> > > c = Context({
> > > 'lpl': lpl
> > > })
> > > return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
> >
> > > And this in index.html :
> >
> > > {% if lpl %}
> > > <html>
> > > <head><title>{{ lpl.title }}</title></head>
> > > <body>
> > > <h1>{{ lpl.name }}</h1>
> > > </body>
> > > </html>
> > > {% else %}
> > > <h1>crap</h1>
> > > {% endif %}
> >
> > > For a while i was getting crap, until i copy pasted code from
> > > example... now im getting just this in browser:
> >
> > > <html>
> > > <head><title></title></head>
> > > <body>
> > > <h1></h1>
> > > </body>
> > > </html>
> >
> > > So obviously i dont know how to use the data from the model and
> > > perhaps im phrasing the question both wrong here and in my searches,
> > > because i have not been able to find answer in groups or web.
> >
> > > Alan
> >
> > Your issue here is `lpl` is a QuerySet, not a lang object, when you want
> > more than one object you use .filter and then iterate over it using the
> for
> > tag. However, when you want a single item you should ues .get(), so
> > lang.objects.get(id=1).
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> >
>
Django doesn't know you have a single object, all it sees is that you have a
queryset. Just like if you have a list with only one object you can't
pretend that it's the same as the one object: [obj] != obj.
Alex
--
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say it." --Voltaire
"The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
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