thanks it worked..
wohooo, lets django :D
cheers
On 28 Apr, 10:49, jeff <jmsche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know exactly what the tutorial says to do, but it seems to me
> that the problem is with this line:
>
> if 'q' in request.GET and request.GET['q']:
>
> If you've entered an empty query -- "" -- then the first condition
> ('q' in request.GET) would be true, but the second condition
> (request.GET['q']) would evaluate to false, since an empty string is
> treated as false. So the code within the if statement would never
> execute, the and the variable error would still be set to false when
> you render the search_form.html template.
>
> The solution is simply to take out the second condition in that
> statement, so it reads "if 'q' in request.GET:" ... then the next if
> statement ("if not q:") takes care of testing whether you entered an
> empty string.
>
> Hope it helps
> jeff
>
> On Apr 28, 1:32 am, 83nini <83n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi guys,
> > I'm working on the tutorial inwww.djangobook.comandI reached the
> > point where I'm making a search form, here is what my view methods
> > look like:
>
> > def search_form(request):
> > return render_to_response('search_form.html')
>
> > def search(request):
> > error = False
> > if 'q' in request.GET and request.GET['q']:
> > q = request.GET['q']
> > if not q:
> > error = True
> > else:
> > books = Book.objects.filter(title__icontains=q)
> > return render_to_response('search_results.html',
> > {'books':books, 'query':q})
> > return render_to_response('search_form.html', {'error':error})
>
> > the search_form template looks like:
>
> > <html>
> > <body>
> > <form action="/search" method="get">
>
> > {% if error %}
> > <p style="color:red;"> Please submit a search term </p>
> > {% endif %}
> > Enter the name of the book you're looking for:
> > <br />
> > <br />
> > <input type="text" name="q">
> > <input type="submit" value="Search">
> > </form>
> > </body>
> > </html>
>
> > now, i am supposed to get the error message "Please submit a search
> > term" if i submit an empty request. but that is not happening, instead
> > i'm getting the ordinary search_form without the error message.
> > anybody can give me a hint why?
>
> > thanks in advance,
> > cheers,
> > Lina- Dölj citerad text -
>
> - Visa citerad text -
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