Django-Tables2 LinkColumn link doesn't work

Question

I think I'm missing something obvious here, but I've been stuck at this for so long, I had to post the question.

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1. When I click on the link generated in LinkColumn of django-tables2, it redirects back to the same page. Here's my code:

urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
    url(r'admin', views.admin, name='admin'),
    url(r'admin/edit/(?P<pk>\d+)/', views.bug_edit, name='bug_edit'),
    url(r'admin/delete/(?P<pk>\d+)/', views.bug_delete, name='bug_delete'),
)

views.py:

def bug_edit(request):
    return HttpResponse('This is an edit page!')

def bug_delete(request):
    return HttpResponse('This is a delete page!')

forms.py:

class SimpleTable(tables.Table):
    edit_link = tables.LinkColumn('bug_edit', args=[A('pk')], 
                verbose_name='Edit', accessor='pk',      attrs={'class':'edit_link'})
    delete_link = tables.LinkColumn('bug_delete', args=[A('pk')], 
                verbose_name='Delete Bug', accessor='pk', attrs={'class':'delete_link'})
    class Meta:
        attrs = {'class' : 'paleblue'}
        model = BugModel

I don't see the HttpResponse on clicking the links, as I should.

Thank you.

Answer 1

The problem is your url patterns are missing ^ and $.

Without them, the 'admin' pattern is matching any url with 'admin' in it -- effectively masking the following patterns.

Try using this instead:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
    url(r'^admin/$', views.admin, name='admin'),
    url(r'^admin/edit/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.bug_edit, name='bug_edit'),
    url(r'^admin/delete/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.bug_delete, name='bug_delete'),
)