On Sep 14, 3:27 pm, about2flip <mnu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > > I am using learn django in 24 hours and I am following this example on > models.
> File "E:\djproj\ifriends\..\ifriends\People\models.py", line 8 > def_str_(self): > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > E:\djproj\ifriends> > > Its telling me it is line 8, but I double check 5x already and it is > the same as the book. The book does not have an errata, so I am not > sure if the syntaxt is correct because I am a Freshman learning > django. > > thanks too all that reply with help. You haven't checked very closely any one of those five times. You have made three - count them - typos in that one line. Firstly, there should be a space between 'def' and '_'. Secondly, there should be *two* underscores before 'str'. Thirdly, there should be two underscores *after* 'str' as well. Fourthly, not a typo, but this book seems to be extremely out of date. In all versions of Django more recent than 0.96 - itself more than 2 years old - you should use __unicode__ rather than __str__. Once you've fixed the current error, you'll find that you'll get an error on every line you've put 'maxlength' - again in all recent versions of Django this should be 'max_length'. And this isn't to mention anything that references the admin, which I absolutely guarantee will not work. My advice: throw that book away and get a more recent one. But first, read a basic introduction to programming, then a basic introduction to Python. -- DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
