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Django development server: templates render from custom views not getting static media

I have a development server running (and serving content) using the built in django server. All my templates that are rendered from generic views point correctly to the static media files (css/java/imgs) but ones that are rendered via custom views don't seem to prepend the /media/ folder to the urls. (At least this seems to be the proble...

django gui for statistical analysis of data

Im trying to setup situation where users of application can do statistical analysis of data. There are 3 tables, users, exams, polls I should have gui to build custom queries, like these: users born between 1930 and 1940, that have 3 exams taken; show name, surname, group by age of person count of users born 1945 that have not taken...

Manager isn't accessible via model instances

Hi, i'm trying to get model objects instance in another one. And i raise this error : Manager isn't accessible via topic instance Here's my model : class forum(models.Model): # Some attributs class topic(models.Model): # Some attributs class post(models.Model): # Some attributs def delete(self): forum = se...

Adding an extra button to one object in django admin

I hope this hasn't been asked and I just missed it, but I searched a bunch and couldn't find anything. I'm adding an extra save button to the django admin when adding or changing an object. Doing that is fairly easy. I just overrode the submit_line.html to add the extra button and then overrode the save_model function to check for the ...

django context with several inclusion_tag

Hi, I have a little problem with the context. I have an inclusion tag with the param : takes_context=True In this inclusion's tag's template, I call for another inclusion_tag which has also the param takes_context = True But in this last inclusion_tag context is None. I don't know why ? Thanks. ...

Developing with Django+Celery without running `celeryd`?

In development, it's a bit of a hassle to run the celeryd as well as the Django development server. Is it possible to, for example, ask celery to run tasks synchronously during development? Or something similar? ...

Django ModelForms - 'instance' not working as expected

I have a modelform that will either create a new model or edit an existing one - this is simple and should work, but for some reason I'm getting a new instance every time. The scenario is this is the first step in an ecommerce order. The user must fill out some info describing the order (which is stored in the model). I create the model...

django form datefield with runtime formatting

So, I have a form: class FormBasicInfo(BasicForm): valid_from = forms.DateField(required=False, input_formats=('%d/%m/%Y',), widget=DateInput(format='%d/%m/%Y')) and I set the input and output formats. However, what if I want to set these formats at runtime, based on the date format preference of my user? how can that be done? T...

Real time apps: Socket.io vs Pusherapp

What are the factors you would consider when choosing between Socket.io and Pusherapp? http://Socket.io http://pusherapp.com Important considerations includes: integration w existing systems like rails/django, ease of setup, ease of development ...

django: custom name for model in admin site

I have an app which includes a model "QuesTags". Now when I create an entry for this model in admin.py, the admin displays this model as "Ques tagss", which IMHO is totally unpalatable. Is there a way around( ex. short_description ) to display a custom string instead of parsing the original model name? ...

django : models with reverse foreignkeys?

I've got a chicken and egg problem here. Firstly I've got a userprofile class which builds upon the default user model of django. class UserProfile(models.Model): def __unicode__(self): return self.user.username user = models.OneToOneField(User, unique=True) exam = models.ForeignKey('questions.Exam', null=True) Nex...

django-nonrel on Google App Engine - Implications of using ListField for ManyToMany

I am working on a Google App Engine application and I am relatively new at this. I have built an app already in Django and have a model using a field type of ManyToMany. I am aware that django-nonrel does not support many-to-many field types of Django. So I am considering using ListField instead. Questions: - What is the implication ...

mysql exception when synchronizing db with django's manage.py script

I am relatively new to django. I have defined my db schema and validated it with no errors (manage.py validate reports 0 errors found). Yet when I run ./manage.py syncdb I get the following stack trace: Creating table demo_foobar_one Creating table demo_foobar_two <snip>...</snip> Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py"...

How to include "None" in lte/gte comparisons?

I've got this complex filtering mechanism... d = copy(request.GET) d.setdefault('sort_by', 'created') d.setdefault('sort_dir', 'desc') form = FilterShipmentForm(d) filter = { 'status': ShipmentStatuses.ACTIVE } exclude = {} if not request.user.is_staff: filter['user__is_staff'] = False if request.user.is_authenticated(): ex...

Django popup window for Inlines

I've got a problem here. I've got three models, A, B and C. Class A Class B fb = foreignkey(A) Class C fc = foreignkey(B) In admin.py I'm doing something like AdminA inlines = [inlineB] AdminB inlines = [inlineC] The troubles start appearing on Add page of Model A. Basically, Model B is just a placeholder for di...

Django Page not reloading with updated data after data update

I have a form which submits and saves some data to the database. After the submit process, I have the view for the form re-display a summary page which lists items in the database using the following: return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("my_shows")) reverse("my_shows") leads to a view which gets the relevant objects from the database...

Django how do i view query in manage shell

Guys, How can i see my django queries from manage shell interface I have tried using this but gives me queries that pass through the django server from django.db import connection connection.queries() I have seen it somewhere, can't remember where?? help Gath ...

Setting the variable 'db_table' does not include the app prefix to table names

When using 'db_table' to explicitly set the database table name, how can you preserve the naming convention of "app_table_name"? The app name is removed. ...

Django 1.2.3 - Internationalization - makemessages does not detect all strings

Hello ! One more question about Django concerning localization of javascript files. Django provides a small and convenient javascript library which is used like gettext to internationalize strings in javascript files. I set it up successfully (at least the interpolate function works) and I could generate the po file for the French lang...

Making a copy of a FeinCMS page tree using django-mptt changes child order

I'm trying to make a copy of a FeinCMS page tree, which is managed using django-mptt. I wrote this function: def make_tree_copy(page, parent=None): ''' Makes a copy of the tree starting at "page", reparenting it to "parent" ''' new_page = Page.objects.create_copy(page) new_page.save() Page.tree.move_node(new_page...