Is it bad to rely on db exceptions?

2009-06-12 Thread koepked
Is it bad practice to rely on db exceptions to indicate an attempt at writing duplicate values to a "keyed" column? For example, in some code I'm working on, I have the following: x = ContentItem(title=e_title) try: x.save() except MySQLError: x = ContentItem.objects.get(title=e_title)

Re: User being logged out without explicitly calling auth.logout

2009-06-12 Thread Karen Tracey
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Robocop wrote: > > I'm having an issue when traversing a link on my site. When clicking > this link, I'm properly routed to the page, however the user i am > logged in as is logged out for no reason. How are you determining that the user is logged out? > The

os.system is not working properly

2009-06-12 Thread limas
i have a django application with flex as front end, i am using amfgateway for it. i have a fortran executable file which will create a new file called predict.dat(say) it will take two input files(input.dat, test) under my project directory. my code is like this os.system("/home/me/mypro/s_test")

abstract model class

2009-06-12 Thread Rusty Greer
i am trying to implement a save function on a model class that inherits from an abstract base class. what i am trying to do is set the field in the base class only if it isn't already set. i have the following: class Base(models.Model): attribute = models.ForeignKey('Attribute', db_index=Tru

Re: Amazon S3 for File Uploads

2009-06-12 Thread Ian Lewis
Max, Just from glancing over the options you have below none of them looked particularly good to me. The first is only a file field so depending on what you are doing it may not work for you. The second seemed reasonable but has no options for setting things like http headers for files or more adv

Amazon S3 for File Uploads

2009-06-12 Thread Max Clark
Hello, I want to use Amazon S3 for file uploads from users (models.FileField). I have been searching and have come across these three plugins/examples to use S3 with django... http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/AmazonSimpleStorageService http://www.sourceguru.net/archives/177 http://code.welldev

Re: Weird URL problem

2009-06-12 Thread James Bennett
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > I always set it for VirtualHost - AFAIK the docs say to do so. No. The docs say to set it to the prefix under which the site is being served. If the site is located at the root of the server -- e.g., "/" -- then it is not being served u

Re: Weird URL problem

2009-06-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Saturday 13 June 2009 05:37:56 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > Commenting out that line solved the problem. We're using > > a VirtualHost definition, so it seems django.root should > > not be set for a VirtualHost. > > I always set it for VirtualHost - AFAIK the docs say to do so. to clarify, I h

Re: Weird URL problem

2009-06-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 12 June 2009 18:35:33 Lars Stavholm wrote: > > Notice the Request URL, there's a slash missing, > > something along the way removed the slash. > > > > If I try http://mbf//jobs, I end up at the right place. > > > > Can anyone tell me what it is that is removing that slash? > > Found the

Re: FileField will not validate

2009-06-12 Thread Daniel Hilton
Can you post the model as well? 2009/6/12 Brandon Taylor > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm using Django trunk, Python 2.6. > > I have a model form with a FileField. The relevant portions of the > HTML are: > > enctype="multipart/form-data"> >{{ job_seeker_form.resume }} >{{ job_seeker_form.resum

FileField will not validate

2009-06-12 Thread Brandon Taylor
Hi Everyone, I'm using Django trunk, Python 2.6. I have a model form with a FileField. The relevant portions of the HTML are: {{ job_seeker_form.resume }} {{ job_seeker_form.resume.label_tag }} {{ job_seeker_form.resume.help_text }} {{ job_seeker_form.resume.errors }} In my v

fastcgi giving resource not available

2009-06-12 Thread Matt Davies
Has anyone seen an issue where the nginx fastcgi is giving me a resource unavailable error, but it only happens if I have debug set to False? With debug set to True it never happens, with it set to False it always happens, but only in one part of our application. What are the differences with runn

Re: Basic cms in Practical Django Projects

2009-06-12 Thread John Allen
Have a look at this site: http://blog.haydon.id.au/2008/08/notes-on-practical-django-projects.html On Jun 11, 1:06 am, jayvandal wrote: > Hi, > I bought the book and started the first project. displayed the Flat > Page. I then downloaded the Tiny0MCE and can't get it to work. are > there any pla

Newbie question on ContentTypes and Generic Relations

2009-06-12 Thread Rana
Hi, I am trying to modify a blog and article model that will both display data from a related products model. I read that the way I should do this is through the ContentTypes framework and generic foreign relations. I would be grateful for some guidance on how to do this. I've read the documentat

User being logged out without explicitly calling auth.logout

2009-06-12 Thread Robocop
I'm having an issue when traversing a link on my site. When clicking this link, I'm properly routed to the page, however the user i am logged in as is logged out for no reason. The link is part of a menu that looks as such: Home Add Projects View Projects {% if user.is_staff %} Add

Re: Disabling I18N causes circular import?

2009-06-12 Thread Rajesh D
On Jun 11, 6:29 pm, ringemup wrote: > With I18n disabled, I'm getting what looks like a circular import > error from one of my apps, but with it enabled, the error goes away. > None of my modules is (to my knowledge) using any I18N features.  Any > clues what might be going on? Include a trace

Re: Wired integers displayed instead of Friends List in facebook connect

2009-06-12 Thread Rajesh D
On Jun 12, 12:51 am, gganesh wrote: > hi, > My app connects to Facebook and as user logins in with facebook > connect ,i intent to display users friends list .I the process of > doing so i have written a code as pasted below > > script> > >