> I am back with another query

> I have this (generic) view function

> --------------------------8><------------------------------------
> def object_list(request, object, filter_string = None):
>     if filter_string:
>         object_list = object.objects.filter(filter_string)
>     else:
>         object_list = object.objects.all()

>     return render_to_response(object.__name__ + '_list.html',
>                               {object.__name__ + '_list': object_list},
>                               RequestContext(request))
> --------------------------8><------------------------------------

> Now this function works when I don't pass on the filter_string, and I
> get the entire object list. But when I pass on a value for filter_string
> (say 'entity=2') I get this error :

> 'unicode' object has no attribute 'get_sql'

> How do I pass strings to filter_string and get a filtered object list?

> On May 17, 9:13 am, "M.Ganesh" <ganeshpuls...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hi All,

>> I am back with another query

>> I have this (generic) view function

>> --------------------------8><------------------------------------
>> def object_list(request, object, filter_string = None):
>>     if filter_string:
>>         object_list = object.objects.filter(filter_string)
>>     else:
>>         object_list = object.objects.all()

>>     return render_to_response(object.__name__ + '_list.html',
>>                               {object.__name__ + '_list': object_list},
>>                               RequestContext(request))
>> --------------------------8><------------------------------------

>> Now this function works when I don't pass on the filter_string, and I
>> get the entire object list. But when I pass on a value for filter_string
>> (say 'entity=2') I get this error :

>> 'unicode' object has no attribute 'get_sql'

>> How do I pass strings to filter_string and get a filtered object list?

> You cannot. You should pass either an instance of django.db.models.Q
> or a set of keyword arguments.
> This means you should change code in the object_list caller to do
> something like this:

> object_list(request, model.Object, Q(entity=2))