Re: random quote help

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Holden
Bobby Roberts wrote: >> Is your problem the mechanics of *making* the random choice, or are you >> uncertain how to get it into your output? >> > > Hi Steve - > > Yeah i know the randomization needs to be in the view and then pushed > back to the template. How would I call the view on each p

Re: random quote help

2008-10-08 Thread Benjamin Buch
Am 08.10.2008 um 10:33 schrieb David Reynolds: > On 8 Oct 2008, at 4:05 am, Bobby Roberts wrote: > >> Yeah i know the randomization needs to be in the view and then pushed >> back to the template. How would I call the view on each page in the >> website? > > > Use a template tag. > > Oh and Quo

Re: random quote help

2008-10-08 Thread David Reynolds
On 8 Oct 2008, at 4:05 am, Bobby Roberts wrote: > Yeah i know the randomization needs to be in the view and then pushed > back to the template. How would I call the view on each page in the > website? Use a template tag. Oh and Quote.objects.order_by('?')[0] is probably what you want -- Da

Re: random quote help

2008-10-07 Thread Steve Holden
Bobby Roberts wrote: > Hi. I have a project with one template only. I am trying to get a > random quote from the database pushed up to the template so that a new > quote is shown with each new page url or each page refresh. Can > someone point out in the docs where this is covered or help me >

Re: random quote help

2008-10-07 Thread Bobby Roberts
> Is your problem the mechanics of *making* the random choice, or are you > uncertain how to get it into your output? Hi Steve - Yeah i know the randomization needs to be in the view and then pushed back to the template. How would I call the view on each page in the website? thanks in advance