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diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt index df48a0286a..ca0b985508 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt @@ -302,6 +302,13 @@ for a given poll. Here's the view:: The new concept here: The view raises the :exc:`~django.http.Http404` exception if a poll with the requested ID doesn't exist. +We'll discuss what you could put in that ``polls/detail.html`` template a bit +later, but if you'd like to quickly get the above example working, just:: + + {{ poll }} + +will get you started for now. + A shortcut: get_object_or_404() ------------------------------- @@ -357,6 +364,10 @@ in ``django/conf/urls/defaults.py``, ``handler404`` is set to Three more things to note about 404 views: + * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your + 404 view will never be used (and thus the ``404.html`` template will never + be rendered) because the traceback will be displayed instead. + * The 404 view is also called if Django doesn't find a match after checking every regular expression in the URLconf. @@ -365,8 +376,9 @@ Three more things to note about 404 views: template in the root of your template directory. The default 404 view will use that template for all 404 errors. - * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your - 404 view will never be used, and the traceback will be displayed instead. + * If :setting:`DEBUG` is set to ``False`` (in your settings module) and if + you didn't create a ``404.html`` file, an ``Http500`` is raised instead. + So remember to create a ``404.html``. Write a 500 (server error) view =============================== |