On 18-6-2012 9:52, Laurence MacNeill wrote: > well -- I hit the wrong key and posted that before I was finished typing... > > here's what's in my views.py file: > def index(request) > current_username = os.environ['REMOTE_USER']
And you're sure this works? Try: return django.shortcuts.render_to_response(current_username) here to verify it's coming through. Normally, the authenticated username would be part of the request dictionary. > This should provide me with their username (yes I do have 'import os' at > the top of the file)... > > Now, after I get their username I want to do something like this (but I'm > not sure how to write in django -- so I've put ## around the pseudo-code) > try: > student = Student.objects.get(student_name=current_username) > except (#can't find it in Student database, but I don't know what code > to put here#) It's in tutorial part 3: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/intro/tutorial03/#raising-404 except Student.DoesNotExist: student = None > #here's where I'm not sure how to continue -- I want to do something > like this# > #if student is defined# > return render_to_response('ta/student.html', student) Almost correct: if student is not None : # the student.html template will now have a variable named student # which is the student object you fetched return render_to_response('ta/student.html', student=student) elif instructor is not None : #etc -- Melvyn Sopacua -- 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.
