Problem solved: I've confirmed for myself that AUTH_MODULE_PROFILE does indeed work with Django v0.96
On Nov 7, 11:46 am, paulc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to follow the example in the Django book, to make a simple > extension of the standard User object. > > I'm hoping someone may be able to give me a quick yes or no on this: > is the AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE setting expected to work with Django 0.96, > or do I need to upgrade to the SVN release? > > Within a very simple view that I'm using just to try this out, I can > pick up the User object and access some of its fields (e.g. username) > and custom methods (e.g. is_authenticated); but if I call the > get_profile() method, I see the following error: > > Exception Type: AttributeError > Exception Value: 'NoneType' object has no attribute > '_default_manager' > > I'm pretty sure I have AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE set correctly (I do not get > the `too many values to unpack' error). > > I do not see the SiteProfileNotAvailable error, which again seems to > suggest I have all the necessary middleware and settings present in > the configuration. > > Also, I test the User object's is_authenticated attribute, and confirm > that returns true; as expected, is_anonymous returns false. That > seems to rule out the possibility that I'm dealing with an > AnonymousUser object. > > Also, I found and read the Django tips article re. extending the user > model (http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/06/django-tips-extending- > user-model/), but still can't see that I'm doing anything wrong in the > code or settings. > > Any feedback much appreciated. > > - Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---