Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

Here's my solutions, for anyone who may be experiencing the same problem. In my url config, I have 4 different named patterns corresponding to each of the possibilities: url(r'^(?P[a-zA-Z]+)/(?P[\+\-].\w+)/$', 'catalogueFilter', name="catalogue_search_no_filters"),

Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

Hi Brian, Thanks for your comment. I completely understand what you are saying, and anyone trying to match the "?" character should take note, but in this situation I am using it to try to tell Django that that named group in the regular expression may, or may not, be included. RM On Nov 4,

Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

I have to admit, the missing ) is a typo. I made up the ice cream example to try to simplify my problem, and accidentally missed it off. Perhaps my example is too simple. > I have a small form on a page that is mostly optional fields with the > exception of some drop down boxes. My actual form

Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

On Nov 4, 10:50 am, redmonkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My problem is with the URL writing. I first wrote some unit tests to > find the regular expressions that worked but Django doesn't seem to > like the '?' in URL configurations. ? is a special character in regular expressions, just like

Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

redmonkey wrote: > Hi, > > I have a small form on a page that is mostly optional fields with the > exception of some drop down boxes. I want to take the data submitted > through this form and use them to form a URL. > > My problem is with the URL writing. I first wrote some unit tests to > find

Re: An interesting URL dispatcher problem

> > Here, I collect the parameters from the form and try to turn them into > a pretty URL that redirects to the filter view to do something with > the data. It's the URL writing I'm having problems with. I want to > write things like: Why not do it in the process view immediatly? > urlpatterns

An interesting URL dispatcher problem

Hi, I have a small form on a page that is mostly optional fields with the exception of some drop down boxes. I want to take the data submitted through this form and use them to form a URL. My problem is with the URL writing. I first wrote some unit tests to find the regular expressions that