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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Post Form and View

Database error....

When i run code, it says no table called post. Any help? I got code from vid: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-social-network-with-flask/broadcasting/post-form-and-view

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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It's not clear with seeing your actual code, but it seems that the database has not been initialized for the model Post (hence the table is not yet present).

The course Building a Social Network with Flash is an intermediate course. Have you gone through the prerequisite courses Flask Basics and Using Databases in Python, yet? Unless you already have a good working knowledge of Flask, I recommend completing the prerequisites before moving forward.

I think I know what happened.

when the database is initialized, it only has tables for the Users. you probably need to set it up for Posts too. In models.py, I used this and i seemed to work:

def initialize():
  DATABASE.connect()
  DATABASE.create_tables([User, Post], safe=True)
  DATABASE.close()