Thank you very much, it worked. Here's the code...:
def businessnamesearch_view(request):
search = request.GET.get('business')
business = Business.objects.filter(business__icontains=search)
return render_to_response('portal/business_list.html',
{'object_list' : business}
)
On Jan 5, 11:15 am, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote:
> On Jan 5, 5:24 am, Delacroy Systems <webad...@delacroy.co.za> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I want to allow a user to search for a value and return the results
> > using the object_list generic view. How can I get this working?
>
> > business_search.html:
> > {% block content %}
> > <form action="" method="get">
> > Business name:<input type="text" name="business" />
> > <input type="submit" value="Search" />
> > {% endblock content %}
>
> > urls.py:
> > (r'^?business=(?P<business_name>\w+)/','businessnamesearch_view'),
>
> > views.py: (field in models.py to search on is named business)
> > def businessnamesearch_view(request, business_name):
> > business = Business.objects.filter
> > (business__icontains=business_name)
> > return object_list(request, queryset=business)
>
> > I have a template, business_list.html that works already.
>
> > I get the error:
> > Request Method: GET
> > Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/business/?business=AB
> > Exception Type: error
> > Exception Value: nothing to repeat
>
> "Nothing to repeat" is a regex error - the initial question mark is
> not escaped, so Python thinks you are trying to use it as a wildcard.
>
> In fact, you are going about this the wrong way. Query parameters -
> those after the ? in a URL - are not dealt with in the URLconf at all,
> but are passed in the request.GET dictionary. So you your urlconf
> should be:
>
> (r'^$', 'businessnamesearch_view')
>
> and the view should be:
>
> def businessnamesearch_view(request):
> business_name = request.GET.get('business')
> ...etc...
>
> --
> DR.
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