istartswith doesn't work

[brantley (deadwisdom@…]

istartswith is not working.

[Jacob]

Brantley: it works for me, so please try again and if you're still having problems reopen this ticket with more information about exactly what's not working.

[Adrian Holovaty]

Also, let us know which database you're using.

[brantley (deadwisdom@…]

Maybe I'm using it incorrectly? I'm using mysql, and mod_python.

Here's my code:

def card_detail(request, name=None):
	try:
		card = cards.get_object(name__istartswith=name)
	except cards.CardDoesNotExist:
		return Render(request, 'message', {'message': 'Cannot find a card with the name, %r' % name})
	return Render(request, 'card', {'card': card})

Here's my output:

There's been an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 63, in get_response
    return callback(request, **param_dict)

  File "/home/deadwisdom/sites/magic/views/magic.py", line 18, in card_detail
    card = cards.get_object(name__istartswith=name)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 87, in _curried
    return args[0](*(args[1:]+moreargs), **dict(kwargs.items() + morekwargs.items()))

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 1032, in function_get_object
    obj_list = function_get_list(opts, klass, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 1054, in function_get_list
    select, sql, params = function_get_sql_clause(opts, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 1231, in function_get_sql_clause
    tables2, join_where2, where2, params2, _ = _parse_lookup(kwargs.items(), opts)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 1214, in _parse_lookup
    params.extend(f.get_db_prep_lookup(lookup_type, kwarg_value))

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/meta.py", line 1649, in get_db_prep_lookup
    raise TypeError, "Field has invalid lookup: %s" % lookup_type

TypeError: Field has invalid lookup: istartswith

[brantley (deadwisdom@…]

Oh, and I'm using revision 320.

[Adrian Holovaty]

(In [321]) Fixed #198 -- istartswith and iendswith weren't working properly. Thanks, brantley

[Adrian Holovaty]

Milestone Version 0.91 deleted