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 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 "" 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