On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Greg Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to build filter strings dynamically.
>
> The normal way works:
> qry = qry.filter(sections__name__exact='printing')
>
> This does not work:
> filter_str = "sections__name__exact='shooting'"
> qry = qry.filter(filter_str)
> .
> The error is "too many values to unpack" at django/db/models/sql/
> query.py in add_filter, line 933
>
> I realize something outside normal name-spacing is probably happening,
> since "sections__name__exact" doesn't have to be defined anywhere.
>
> But is there any way to build the parameter to the filter dynamically?
the usual python way of building dynamic args:
filter = {'sections__name__exact': 'shooting'}
qry = qry.filter(**filter)
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