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Python Using Databases in Python Meet Peewee First Queries

What does the error mean in Challenge 3 of 4, where it says "I don't see a Ruby Boolean?"

This is from the first Database course in the python series. I am in the queries.py file and it seems to know about the file that would hold the actual Model for the database. We are asked to add one record to the database. Following from the previous work we've done, I setup a dictionary to do this.

I did notice that in the code we are developing in this course, we have an add_students function. In the try block there is no save() method. I thought that add_students() would need a commit statement. I can assume that this is happening automatically. I'll try avoiding the dictionary and just hard code the values for the create statement. Or am I missing something? Thanks, Bruce

queries.py
from models import Challenge


all_challenges = Challenge.select()

challenges = [
  {'language': 'Ruby',
   'name': 'Booleans'},
]

def add_challenges():
  for challenge in challenges:
    Challenge.create(language=challenge['language'],
                       name=challenge['name'])

3 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Task 3 of the First Queries challenge asks: "Next, create a new Challenge. The language should be "Ruby", the name should be "Booleans".

You don't need to create a function for this, you can simply enter:

Challenge.create(language="Ruby", name='Booleans')

Or call your function using

add_challenges()
James N
James N
17,864 Points

thanks for the help! BTW i've seen you in many other forum posts, you are a good coder.

my code won't pass, I dont know why?

from models import Challenge

all_challenges = Challenge.select()

Challenge.create(language="Ruby",name=student"Booleans")

[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

The word student should be removed: Challenge.create(language="Ruby", name="Booleans")

oh I see thank you so much