If you set TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID to a non empty string for debugging purposes, then the admin user add will be broken.
AttributeError at /apps/admin/auth/user/add/
'str' object has no attribute 'field'
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/apps/admin/auth/user/add/
Exception Type: AttributeError
Exception Value: 'str' object has no attribute 'field'
Exception Location: C:\pycon-tech\django\contrib\admin\templatetags\admin_modify.py in render, line 161
Template error
In template C:\pycon-tech\django\contrib\admin\templates\admin/change_form.html, error at line 55
Caught an exception while rendering: 'str' object has no attribute 'field'
45 {% block after_field_sets %}{% endblock %}
46 {% if change %}
47 {% if ordered_objects %}
48 <fieldset class="module"><h2>{% trans "Ordering" %}</h2>
49 <div class="form-row{% if form.order_.errors %} error{% endif %} ">
50 {% if form.order_.errors %}{{ form.order_.html_error_list }}{% endif %}
51 <p><label for="id_order_">{% trans "Order:" %}</label> {{ form.order_ }}</p>
52 </div></fieldset>
53 {% endif %}
54 {% endif %}
55 {% for related_object in inline_related_objects %}{% edit_inline related_object %}{% endfor %}
56 {% block after_related_objects %}{% endblock %}
57 {% submit_row %}
58 {% if add %}
59 <script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("{{ first_form_field_id }}").focus();</script>
60 {% endif %}
61 {% if auto_populated_fields %}
62 <script type="text/javascript">
63 {% auto_populated_field_script auto_populated_fields change %}
64 </script>
65 {% endif %}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\pycon-tech\django\template\__init__.py" in render_node
706. result = node.render(context)
File "C:\pycon-tech\django\template\defaulttags.py" in render
118. nodelist.append(node.render(context))
File "C:\pycon-tech\django\contrib\admin\templatetags\admin_modify.py" in render
161. if relation.field.rel.edit_inline == models.TABULAR:
AttributeError at /apps/admin/auth/user/add/
'str' object has no attribute 'field'
154. class EditInlineNode(template.Node):
155. def __init__(self, rel_var):
156. self.rel_var = rel_var
157.
158. def render(self, context):
159. relation = template.resolve_variable(self.rel_var, context)
160. context.push()
*161. if relation.field.rel.edit_inline == models.TABULAR: ...
162. bound_related_object_class = TabularBoundRelatedObject
163. else:
164. bound_related_object_class = StackedBoundRelatedObject
relation = '[' and
related_object = '[' in the context.
obviously ths is teh first character of my TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID. How it got there, I don't know yet.
context
[{}, {'forloop': {'parentloop': {}, 'last': False, 'counter': 1, 'revcounter0': 15, 'revcounter': 16, 'counter0': 0, 'first': True}, 'related_object': '['}, ...
