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1832	"bug in test ""basic"", exception for missing fields has changed"	mir@…	Adrian Holovaty	"From the tests (using sqlite3) -- I'm already looking into it.

{{{
'basic' module: API test failed
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Code: ""Article.objects.dates('invalid_field', 'year')""
Line: 182
Expected: 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n   ...\nFieldDoesNotExist: name=invalid_field\n'
Got: 'Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File ""/home/mir/src/django/trunk/tests/doctest.py"", line 1243, in __run\n    compileflags, 1) in test.globs\n  File ""<doctest basic[70]>"", line 1, in ?\n    Article.objects.dates(\'invalid_field\', \'year\')\n  File ""/home/mir/src/django/active/django/db/models/manager.py"", line 57, in dates\n    return self.get_query_set().dates(*args, **kwargs)\n  File ""/home/mir/src/django/active/django/db/models/query.py"", line 275, in dates\n    field = self.model._meta.get_field(field_name, many_to_many=False)\n  File ""/home/mir/src/django/active/django/db/models/options.py"", line 97, in get_field\n    raise FieldDoesNotExist, \'%s has no field named %r\' % (self.object_name, name)\nFieldDoesNotExist: Article has no field named \'invalid_field\'\n'
}}}

There was also a report on django-users, and I fell into this with my own app, too.

It's svn #2881
"	defect	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	normal	fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0