id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 3323,Unhelpful error message in case of unresolved string relation ('str' object has no attribute '_meta'),alex@…,nobody,"imagine the following model: {{{ class Test(models.model): rel = models.ForeignKey(""bleh"") }}} if the relation is not resolvable, in case of a typo or if it's in a different file, the user gets a rather unhelpful exception: {{{ Unhandled exception in thread started by Traceback (most recent call last): File ""/home/alex/source/svn/django/django/core/management.py"", line 1108, in inner_run validate() File ""/home/alex/source/svn/django/django/core/management.py"", line 1070, in validate num_errors = get_validation_errors(outfile) File ""/home/alex/source/svn/django/django/core/management.py"", line 936, in get_validation_errors for r in rel_opts.get_all_related_objects(): File ""/home/alex/source/svn/django/django/db/models/options.py"", line 127, in get_all_related_objects if f.rel and self == f.rel.to._meta: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '_meta' }}} a quick hacky fix is attached, but i guess it should be done in django.core.management.validate ",,closed,"Database layer (models, ORM)",dev,,fixed,sprintsept14 sprintdec01,,Ready for checkin,1,0,0,0,0,0