Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#19969 closed Cleanup/optimization (duplicate)
More useful error message when defining ForeignKey with invalid first argument
| Reported by: | Jonas Obrist | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Database layer (models, ORM) | Version: | 1.5 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
When you create a ForeignKey with an invalid first argument (for example None), you get an error message:
AssertionError: ForeignKey(None) is invalid. First parameter to ForeignKey must be either a model, a model name, or the string 'self'
What this does not tell you is what model in what app and what field this error occurs.
I therefore propose that this check is moved to contribute_to_class where we have all the information.
(For the record if anyone stumbles up on this, you can use --traceback which will give you this information)
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
comment:2 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Always showing traceback will fix this. Want aware of that ticket. Closing.
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After #19923 is committed, we're going to always display tracebacks for this sort of errors. Would you consider that as a valid resolution, or do you think that even with the traceback, the final error message should be improved?