Today I had another encoding problem in my life...I had a file with sql inserts, encoded with utf-8. My unix terminal, also encoded with utf-8. I had a database as well, and both database and tables encoded with utf-8.My problem: when executing...
Today I've released a new version of TransDb, the Django package that allows storing text at database in more than one language (using the same field).New version is pretty much easier to use, after fixing many bugs, and avoiding the use of a...
It's not a big trouble, but I wanted to remove the /media/ prefix on all my media links, like...and so on.This can be easily achieved by replacing in apache's configuration file:SetHandler NonebySetHandler NoneOf course you have to have all you...
I wanted to assign an image to every element in a model. I wanted them to have a thumbnail, and to have normalized sizes and names. And of course, I want my application to do everything automatically.The best method I've found is next, modifying...
Today I've created my own code for having (in Django) fields in more than one language stored in database. There were some other packages, but none of them useful for me (as commented here).TransDb's main goal is that is simple, for application...
Sometimes I forget that django's settings.py is a Python script, and not a plain configuration file. And forgetting it causes django to behave unexpectedly. A couple of examples that happened to are related to array sorting.Some days ago I...
Here is a brief list of common web features, and the best way I know for achieving it in Django:- Breadcrumbs: use {{ block.super }} for recursive link inheritance [more info] Back button: use {{ request.META.HTTP_REFERER }} for linking to...
In less than two weeks I'll go back to The Gambia, this time with two friends.Flight information is next:Barcelona -> Banjul (Flight JK202, departing on Nov 20th at 18:45, arriving at 22:50)Banjul -> Barcelona (Flight JK203, departing on Nov 27th...
Some weeks ago I started learning Chinese. Here I want to post some useful resources in the Internet that can help.- Nciku: dictionary, character drawing recognition, and word listening. Pinyin talker: just that :) Mandarin tools: word...
DSNP is a shell script that automatically setups a new Django project, with user custom settings.It's specially useful for users that create many Django projects following same patterns.After a first very simple release, version 0.11 has...