so i've searched high and low on this error. lots of answers about having used old versions of django. i did this:
j...@earth:/home/samba/raymour/v1/rrsite$ django-admin.py --version 1.1.1 then a lot of stuff about python path having been done with an easy installer and having an 'egg' in it. doesn't seem i have that problem: ['/home/samba/ray/v1/rrsite', '/usr/lib/python2.6', '/usr/lib/ python2.6/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/ python2.6/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/ python2.6/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/Numeric', '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist- packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6', '/usr/lib/ python2.6/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/ gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.6-gtk2-unicode', '/ usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/wx-2.8-gtk2-unicode', '/usr/local/lib/ python2.6/dist-packages'] i just used the version on ubuntu. here is my form: from django import forms class SymForm(forms.Form): sym1=forms.CharField() sym2=forms.CharField() and view: def add_pair(request): # these are the basic locals we need to set for the template to populate page_title='Add a Pair' if request.method == 'POST': form=SymForm(request.POST) if form.is_valid: s1=form.cleaned_data['sym1'] #form.cleaned_data['subject'] #s2=form.clean_sym2 s=Pair(sym1=s1,sym2=s2) s.save() return HttpResponseRedirect('/sym/added/') please can you offer any suggestions??? thanks in advance. and the traceback: Environment: Request Method: POST Request URL: http://192.168.1.80:8080/add/pair/ Django Version: 1.1.1 Python Version: 2.6.4 Installed Applications: ['django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.admin', 'rrsite.pairs01'] Installed Middleware: ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware') Traceback: File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response 92. response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File "/home/samba/ray/v1/rrsite/../rrsite/pairs01/views.py" in add_pair 38. s1=form.cleaned_data['sym1'] #form.cleaned_data['subject'] Exception Type: AttributeError at /add/pair/ Exception Value: 'SymForm' object has no attribute 'cleaned_data' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.