fix 500 on empty list returned

itf/app/models.py

@@ -288,11 +288,7 @@ class ItfModel(models.Model):
     ret = []
     page_no = options['page']
     list_size = options['count']
-    try:
-      qset = kls.get_qset()
-    except:
-      qset = kls.objects.all()
-
+    qset = kls.get_qset()
 
     search = options['search']
     if search != '':
@@ -320,6 +316,11 @@ class ItfModel(models.Model):
         except:
             pass
 
+    hasResults = True
+    if qset.count() == 0:
+        hasResults = False
+        qset = kls.get_qset()
+
     '''
     r0 = options['range'][0]
     r1 = options['range'][1]
@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ class ItfModel(models.Model):
         'has_next': results.has_next(),
         'has_previous': results.has_previous(),
         'page_no': page_no,
+        'has_results': hasResults,
         'num_pages': paginator.num_pages,
         'items': ret
     }
@@ -352,7 +354,7 @@ class ItfModel(models.Model):
     '''
     Override this method in your model class to define a custom queryset instead of objects.all(), for instance, to always exclude unpublished items.
     '''
-    raise NotImplementedError
+    return kls.objects.all()
 
 def getField(fields, name):
   for f in fields:

itf/insidepages/views.py

@@ -112,12 +112,20 @@ def render_object(request, module_slug):
     }   
     object_list = tab.get_list(list_options)
 
-    if object_id == 0:
+    if object_id == 0:       
         object_id = object_list['items'][0]['id']
-        
-    obj = get_object_or_404(model_class, pk=object_id)
-    item_data = obj.insidepage_dict(request)
- 
+
+    if object_list['has_results']:
+        obj = get_object_or_404(model_class, pk=object_id)
+        item_data = obj.insidepage_dict(request)
+    else: #Should be a better way to tell the template a search returned no result
+        obj = {
+            'get_title': 'No Results Found'
+        }
+        item_data = {
+            'html': 'The search query you entered did not return any results.'
+        } 
+
     context = RequestContext(request, {
         'item': obj,
         'item_data': item_data,