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