Hi guys, I'm working on the tutorial in www.djangobook.com and I reached the point where I'm making a search form, here is what my view methods look like:
def search_form(request): return render_to_response('search_form.html') def search(request): error = False if 'q' in request.GET and request.GET['q']: q = request.GET['q'] if not q: error = True else: books = Book.objects.filter(title__icontains=q) return render_to_response('search_results.html', {'books':books, 'query':q}) return render_to_response('search_form.html', {'error':error}) the search_form template looks like: <html> <body> <form action="/search" method="get"> {% if error %} <p style="color:red;"> Please submit a search term </p> {% endif %} Enter the name of the book you're looking for: <br /> <br /> <input type="text" name="q"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> </form> </body> </html> now, i am supposed to get the error message "Please submit a search term" if i submit an empty request. but that is not happening, instead i'm getting the ordinary search_form without the error message. anybody can give me a hint why? thanks in advance, cheers, Lina --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---