I found the error. After reviewing my own post and realizing that I was getting the same error regardless of the syntax that I was using, and only when I was using a template, I realized where the solution was.
The settings.py The template directory was not set up. It is all good now. My bad On Jun 25, 5:54 pm, Python_Junkie <software.buy.des...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am just getting started with django. Have been a python developer > for a number of years > > I am following the examples in the book The Definitive Guide to Django > and the same error keeps popping up. > > "need more than 1 value to unpack" > > I understand what it is trying to say, but I do not see where the > problem lies. > > I have written 2 almost similar functions. > The first works ( I know that it is not elegant code) > The second gives me the above error. > > def current_section(request): > title="This is the best web page" > fp=open('my_page.html') > t=Template(fp.read()) > fp.close() > html=t.render(Context({'title':title})) > return HttpResponse(html) > > def current_section(request): > title="This is the best web page" > return render_to_response('my_page.html',{'title':title}) > > Also, in the first fucntion above I am getting the same error when I > use the {% include 'nav.html' %} in my_page.html > > and I am also getting the same error when I use template tags. > > It is happening in so many areas, that there has to be something > commonly incorrect. > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.