Django: Want to display an empty field as blank rather displaying None

Question

I have a template called client_details.html that displays user, note and datetime. Now sometimes, a client may not have an entry for user, note and datetime. What my program will do instead is display None if these fields are empty. I do not want the to display None. If a field has no value I don't want to see any value e.g. let it be blank if possible instead of displaying None.

views.py

@login_required def get_client(request, client_id = 0):     client = None     try:         client = models.Client.objects.get(pk = client_id)     except:         pass     return render_to_response('client_details.html', {'client':client}, context_instance = RequestContext(request)) 

template

{{client.datetime}}<br/>  {{client.datetime.time}}<br/>   {{client.user}}<br/> {{client.note}}<br/> 

Answer 1

Use the built-in default_if_none filter.

{{ client.user|default_if_none:" " }} {{ client.user|default_if_none:"" }} 

Answer 2

you may use:

{% if client %} {{client.user}} {% else %}   {% endif %} 

Checking with an if is enough, so you may not user else block if you want...