I'm trying to get my comment page to show the comment author by first and
last name. Unfortunately I can't get it to display anything but user ID.
My db model:
db.define_table('comments',
Field('author', db.auth_user, default=auth.user_id, writeable=False),
Field('postedon', 'date',
default=request.now, update=request.now, writable=False),
Field('body', 'text', required=True))
This is my controller:
def index():
images = db().select(db.photos.ALL)
comments = db().select(db.comments.ALL)
post = crud.create(db.comments)
return dict(images=images, comments=comments, post=post)
And this is the relevant part of my view:
<div id="comments">
{{for comment in comments:}}
<p>{{=comment.body}}</p>
<p>By {{=comment.author.first_name}} on {{=comment.postedon}}
{{pass}}
</div>
<div>{{=post}}</div>
When I try to render it I get an error: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
'NoneType' object has no attribute 'first_name'
I've tried multiple different ways do write this out and all return the
error ticket. If I remove the first_name reference the page renders fine
with auth.user_id in the author spot.
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