Re: Search box: Nothing to repeat error

2010-01-05 Thread Delacroy Systems
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  wrote:
> On Jan 5, 5:24 am, Delacroy Systems  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 %}
> >         
> >                 Business name:
> >                 
> > {% endblock content %}
>
> > urls.py:
> > (r'^?business=(?P\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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Re: Search box: Nothing to repeat error

2010-01-05 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Jan 5, 5:24 am, Delacroy Systems  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 %}
>         
>                 Business name:
>                 
> {% endblock content %}
>
> urls.py:
> (r'^?business=(?P\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...

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Search box: Nothing to repeat error

2010-01-04 Thread Delacroy Systems
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 %}

Business name:

{% endblock content %}

urls.py:
(r'^?business=(?P\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

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