ValueError in Django
django, python
Solution
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^salaries/employee/$', list_detail.object_list, 'employee_info'),
)
The third item in the tuple needs to be a dictionary, not a string. Try removing the single quotes around employee_info:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^salaries/employee/$', list_detail.object_list, employee_info),
)
Problem
I'm getting a strange error and can't figure out why. I'd appreciate any input. I've been stuck on this for a few days. Here is my code: models.py ``` class Employee(models.Model): lastname = models.CharField(max_length=75) firstname = models.CharField(max_length=75) position = models.ForeignKey(Position) jurisdiction = models.ForeignKey(Jurisdiction) basepay = models.FloatField() ot = models.FloatField() benefits = models.FloatField() totalpay = models.FloatField() class Meta: ordering = ['lastname', 'firstname'] def __unicode__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.firstname, self.lastname) def full_name(self): return "%s, %s" % (self.lastname, self.firstname) def get_absolute_url(self): return "/salaries/employee/%s/" % self.id ``` urls.py ``` from django.conf.urls.defaults import * from djangodemo.salaries.models import Employee from django.views.generic import list_detail employee_info = { "queryset" : Employee.objects.all(), "template_name" : "salaries/employee.html", } urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^salaries/employee/$', list_detail.object_list, 'employee_info'), ) ``` employee.html ``` {{ object_list }} ``` When I run python manage.py runserver and look at `http://127.0.0.1:8000/salaries/employee` in my browser, I get this error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\servers\basehttp.py", line 279, in run self.result = application(self.environ, self.start_response) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\servers\basehttp.py", line 651, in __call__ return self.application(environ, start_response) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\wsgi.py", line 241, in __call__ response = self.get_response(request) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 73, in get_response response = middleware_method(request) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\middleware\common.py", line 57, in process_request _is_valid_path("%s/" % request.path_info)): File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\middleware\common.py", line 142, in _is_valid_path urlresolvers.resolve(path) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 294, in resolve return get_resolver(urlconf).resolve(path) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 218, in resolve sub_match = pattern.resolve(new_path) File "F:\django\instantdjango\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 123, in resolve kwargs.update(self.default_args) ValueError: dictionary update sequence element #0 has length 1; 2 is required ```