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autocommit, INSERT... RETURNING and PostgreSQL 8.2+

Greetings, In looking around the code for the psycogp2 backend, it looks like autocommit is used, in part, as a checked assertion that the database being used is PG 8.2 or greater. Comments lead me to believe that the reason that autocommit is limited to 8.2+ is that INSERT ... RETURNING was introduced into 8.2, and that syntax is required for correct... more »

By Christophe Pettus - Nov 7 - 3 new of 3 messages

	#10509 (Better handling of database-specific information)
	Greetings, As part of proposing a patch for a bug I filed (#12180), I ran across this ticket, and took the liberty of claiming it. Since I'm relatively new to working on Django code proper, I wanted to start a discussion about possible approaches to solving these issues. I see two basic philosophical approaches:... more » By Christophe Pettus - Nov 6 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Non-trivial question: New subclass companion for Stacked/Tabular Inlines
	I'm aware of the current timeline of the 1.2 release, and thus I want to clarify the definition of non-trivial in this case: I've written a 'TiledInline', subclass to django.contrib.admin.options.I nlineModelAdmin. It adds the ability to enhance the StackedInline such that formsets become "cards" or "tiles"... more » By Tim - Nov 6 - 7 new of 7 messages

	#7539 (ON DELETE support) aka ORM-09 - A call for feedback
	There's a new patch on the ticket[1], based on Michael Glassford's work, that solves a few remaining issues and should be fully backwards compatible. I haven't painted the bikeshed yet, so the API still is `on_delete=CASCADE \| SET_NONE \| SET_DEFAULT \| PROTECT \| DO_NOTHING \| SET(value)`. Two minor additions:... more » By Johannes Dollinger - Nov 6 - 1 new of 1 message

	install sorl.thumbnail gives 'thumbnail' is not a valid tag library'
	I am trying to install sorl.thumbnail but am getting the following error message: 'thumbnail' is not a valid tag library: Could not load template library from django.templatetags.thumbnail, No module named PIL I have placed the sorl folder in my project folder I have placed 'sorl.thumbnaills' under installed apps... more » By Danielle - Nov 6 - 3 new of 3 messages

	request keyworded argument in Forms
	Is there any reason why Form and ModelForm init methods does not have request as a keyword argument? By lsbardel - Nov 5 - 2 new of 2 messages

#7052 - Fixing serialization for content types and auth

Hi all, Next on my pony list for v1.2: #7052 - fixing the serializers to work around the problem of serializing dynamically created objects, such as those produced by contrib.auth and contrib.contenttypes. I need some feedback on how much of this solution we need, want, and are comfortable seeing in trunk. Apologies in advance for the long post.... more »

By Russell Keith-Magee - Nov 5 - 14 new of 14 messages

	Help me understand a djnago template sintax {% list_column list.columns.username %}
	Hello all, please help me understand this django template sintax: {% list_column list.columns.username %} I don't know from where is list_column, why is between {% %} and not between {{ }}. I have a list pass to this tamplate that have colums and username. The decoratros look like this: def list(klass, title=None, s_f=None):... more » By NMarcu - Nov 5 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Problem on deploying multi-projects on multi-ports with Apache/mod_python
	... Django-developers is for the discussion of the development of Django itself, not development with Django. Please direct questions of this nature to either the django-users mailing list or the #django channel on freenode. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your... more » By Alex Gaynor - Nov 5 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Testing warnings
	I'm preparing a patch to make querysets call warnings.warn if .iterator is used multiple times on a single qs. I don't see any examples of verification of warnings in the current test suite. Any suggestions on how best to test this? By Jeremy Dunck - Nov 4 - 2 new of 2 messages