On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:19 AM, nixon66 <nixon....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Alex,
>
> Ok, I'm going to ram my head into a wall now. Seriously thanks.
>
> On Apr 14, 11:03 am, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM, nixon66 <nixon....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have this model with an get_absolute_url method.
> >
> > > class Country(models.Model):
> > > country_cd = models.CharField(max_length=2, primary_key=True)
> > > country = models.CharField(max_length=80, blank=True)
> > > slug = models.CharField(max_length=80, blank=True)
> > > class Meta:
> > > db_table = u'country'
> >
> > > def __unicode__(self):
> > > return self.country
> >
> > > def get_absolute_url(self):
> > > return 'lobby/country/%s/' % self.slug
> >
> > > using this in a template
> >
> > > {% for country in country_list %}
> >
> > > <li><a href ="{{country.get_absolute_url }}">{{ country.country }}</
> > > a></li>
> >
> > > gets me a list of countries.
> >
> > > *Algeria
> > > *Australia
> > > *Afghanistan
> > > etc
> >
> > > But when I put my mouse over the links or click on the links instead
> > > of getting
> > > 'http://localhost:8000/lobby/country/algeria'for<http://localhost:8000/lobby/country/algeria%27for>
> > > example, I get
> > > 'http://localhost:8000/lobby/country/lobby/country/egypt'. Anyone
> > > have an idea of why its adding the extra text onto the url? I've done
> > > this before and have not have a problem. In fact the code and
> > > templates are from another app and they work just fine.
> >
> > It's because your urls don't start with a / so they are relative to your
> > current location.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> >
>
I'd also reccomend you use reverse/the permalink decorator in place of
handcrafting the URL as it makes your apps easier to reuse and more
flexible:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/instances/?from=olddocs#get-absolute-url
Alex
--
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say it." --Voltaire
"The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
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