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
8997	Misleading error message when calling get_absolute_url	Rob <digital_illuminati@…>	Julien Phalip	"If a model has a get_absolute_url method that has an error in it (such as a trivial syntax area like a typo in a field name), when you try to view the page, django reports the error as ""<Foo> objects don't have get_absolute_url() methods"".

This is very misleading and makes it difficult to debug the error if you are not especially familiar with django. I'm guessing the appropriate exceptions are being swallowed somewhere and turned into the wrong error message."	Bug	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	1.2	Normal	fixed		pb@… loryjn@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0