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diff --git a/docs/request_response.txt b/docs/request_response.txt index 8da00cdf09..6fcad8ee3d 100644 --- a/docs/request_response.txt +++ b/docs/request_response.txt @@ -555,10 +555,13 @@ Three things to note about 404 views: * The 404 view is also called if Django doesn't find a match after checking every regular expression in the URLconf. - * If you don't define your own 404 view -- and simply use the default, - which is recommended -- you still have one obligation: To create a - ``404.html`` template in the root of your template directory. The default - 404 view will use that template for all 404 errors. + * If you don't define your own 404 view -- and simply use the + default, which is recommended -- you still have one obligation: + you must create a ``404.html`` template in the root of your + template directory. The default 404 view will use that template + for all 404 errors. The default 404 view will pass one variable + to the template: ``request_path``, which is the URL which + resulted in the 404. * If ``DEBUG`` is set to ``True`` (in your settings module) then your 404 view will never be used, and the traceback will be displayed instead. @@ -572,7 +575,8 @@ the view ``django.views.defaults.server_error``, which loads and renders the template ``500.html``. This means you need to define a ``500.html`` template in your root template -directory. This template will be used for all server errors. +directory. This template will be used for all server errors. The +default 500 view passes no variables to this template. This ``server_error`` view should suffice for 99% of Web applications, but if you want to override the view, you can specify ``handler500`` in your |