Django User matching error

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I've been making user profile pages for my django site, but I cannot figure out where my logic is wrong in the following function. The problem is that I am trying to render different templates for when a visitor loads their own profile page, or another user's profile. Even if the request.user matches "name" (which is the string loaded from the url), it still renders the 2nd template. This means even when a = name, it does not return true. Can anyone tell me where the error is?

def profile2(request, name):
    a = request.user
    if a is name:
        return render_to_response("profile.html", context_instance=RequestContext(request))
    return render_to_response("diffprofile.html", {'name':name}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '12 at 22:35

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Never mind, just realized I needed to user "==" and not "is", is that because the string is passed in and not made in the function?

answered Dec 08 '12 at 22:35

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1504717/python-vs-is-comparing-strings-is-fails-sometimes-why – Timmy O'Mahony Dec 08 '12 at 23:00
Anyway you'd rather compare `request.user.username` with `name` but not the `request.user` – Dima Bildin Dec 08 '12 at 23:02

Django User matching error

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