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Chris
Chris

Reputation: 527

django model forms encoding

I have a problem with using utf-8 characters in Model Forms in django. I have this code in model :

class Student (models.Model):
    imie = models.CharField(verbose_name=u'Imię', max_length=40)
    nazwisko = models.CharField(max_length=40)

(...)

def __unicode__(self):
    return u'%s %s'(self.imie, self.nazwisko)

When i try to save this in a editor and run runserver command, the server sends Validating models... message and hangs, wihtout any error, and i can't refresh the page cause server can't start. When i insert normal (non unicode) in verbose_name='Imie' everything works great. What am i missing ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1725

Answers (2)

Frej Connolly
Frej Connolly

Reputation: 1434

Set file encoding to UTF-8 by writing the following at the top of the file.

# coding=utf8

Then add a lower case u before the string.

verbose_name=u'Imię'

More info about encodings in Python in PEP 263.

Upvotes: 1

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798606

You forgot to use a unicode.

    imie = models.CharField(verbose_name=u'Imię', max_length=40)

Upvotes: 0

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