Django response query

Question

What would be the correct statements for the below two.I want to send the base variable to my template which keeps varying but there will be an error if i send {'form': form,'msg' : msg} in the second statement

return render_to_response('chatlist/newchat.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request,{'form': form,'msg' : msg}),extra_context = { "base": "base/chatbase.html" })

or

return object_list(request,{'form': form,'msg' : msg}, template_name='chatlist/newchat.html',extra_context = { "base": "base/chatbase.html" } )

Answer 1

As far as i know (but not certainly sure), object_list is used for generic views...

Here is the info about generic views and how it is used...

And here is the tutor section about their usage and adventages...

Answer 2

Try adding these to extra_context:

extra_context = { "base": "base/chatbase.html", 'form': form, 'msg' : msg }