[Documentation error] Raising error 404 section is wrong

[devesh.gupta@…]

As per the code and text in written in tutorial 3, "Raising error 404": it is using "DoesNotExist" catch the exception.

This will not work, because exception which is raised when accessing a non-existing template is <class 'django.template.base.TemplateDoesNotExist'>

Instead of DoesNotExist, it should be:

def detail(request, poll_id):

try:

p = Poll.objects.get(pk=poll_id)
return render_to_response('polls/detail.html', {'poll': p})

except TemplateDoesNotExist:

raise Http404

[Claude Paroz]

Of course you have to create the templates before, as described in the previous section. Please use support channel (​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/help/) before creating a ticket.