Fixed a logical error in obj.manager causing it to fail to find arbitrary db_>fieldname>. Resolves Issue 373.

src/commands/default/player.py

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class CmdOOCLook(MuxPlayerCommand):
                     # character is already puppeted
                     sess = player.get_session(csessid)
                     sid = sess in sessions and sessions.index(sess) + 1
-                    if sess:
+                    if sess and sid:
                         string += "\n - {G%s{n [%s] (played by you in session %i)" % (char.key, ", ".join(char.permissions), sid)
                     else:
                         string += "\n - {R%s{n [%s] (played by someone else)" % (char.key, ", ".join(char.permissions))

src/objects/manager.py

@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
         """
         property_name = "db_%s" % property_name.lstrip('db_')
         cand_restriction = candidates and Q(pk__in=[_GA(obj, "id") for obj in make_iter(candidates) if obj]) or Q()
+        querykwargs = {property_name:None}
         try:
-            return list(self.filter(cand_restriction).exclude(Q(property_name=None)))
+            return list(self.filter(cand_restriction).exclude(Q(**querykwargs)))
         except exceptions.FieldError:
             return []
 
@@ -169,10 +170,11 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
             property_value = to_unicode(property_value)
         if isinstance(property_name, basestring):
             property_name = "db_%s" % property_name.lstrip('db_')
+        querykwargs = {property_name:property_value}
         cand_restriction = candidates and Q(pk__in=[_GA(obj, "id") for obj in make_iter(candidates) if obj]) or Q()
         type_restriction = typeclasses and Q(db_typeclass_path__in=make_iter(typeclasses)) or Q()
         try:
-            return list(self.filter(cand_restriction & type_restriction & Q(property_name=property_value)))
+            return list(self.filter(cand_restriction & type_restriction & Q(**querykwargs)))
         except exceptions.FieldError:
             return []
 
@@ -310,7 +312,8 @@ class ObjectManager(TypedObjectManager):
             # no matches found - check if we are dealing with N-keyword query - if so, strip it.
             match_number, searchdata = _AT_MULTIMATCH_INPUT(searchdata)
             # run search again, with the exactness set by call
-            matches = _searcher(searchdata, candidates, typeclass, exact=exact)
+            if match_number != None or not exact:
+                matches = _searcher(searchdata, candidates, typeclass, exact=exact)
 
         # deal with result
         if len(matches) > 1 and match_number != None:

src/objects/models.py

@@ -575,7 +575,10 @@ class ObjectDB(TypedObject):
                     be a list of typeclasses for a broader search.
         location (Object): Specify a location to search, if different from the self's given location
                    plus its contents. This can also be a list of locations.
-        attribute_name (str): Use this named Attribute to match searchdata against, instead of object.key.
+        attribute_name (str): Define which property to search. If set, no key+alias search will be performed. This can be used to
+                      search database fields (db_ will be automatically appended), and if that fails, it will try to
+                      return objects having Attributes with this name and value equal to searchdata. A special
+                      use is to search for "key" here if you want to do a key-search without including aliases.
         quiet (bool) - don't display default error messages - return multiple matches as a list and
                 no matches as None. If not set (default), will echo error messages and return None.
         exact (bool) - if unset (default) - prefers to match to beginning of string rather than not matching

src/utils/create.py

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def create_player(name, email, password,
 
     if user:
         conflict_check = User.objects.filter(username__iexact=user.username)
-        conflict_check = len(conflict_check) > 1 
+        conflict_check = len(conflict_check) > 1
     else:
         conflict_check = User.objects.filter(username__iexact=name)
 
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ def create_player(name, email, password,
             except Exception:
                 pass
             try:
-                del new_character
+                del new_player
             except Exception:
                 pass
         raise