Keeping *person and guests such as Karl in the list

core/views/uploads.py

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def create_new_lbe_slug(date):
 def store_edited_entry_into_database(date, place, title, text, others, author, tu, slug):
     """saves a single logbook entry and related personlogentry items
     
+    need to  select out *guest and foreign friends from others
+    
     Rather similar to similarly named function in parsers/logbooks but circular reference prevents us using it directly,
     and they need refactoring anyway.
     """
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ def store_edited_entry_into_database(date, place, title, text, others, author, t
         "expedition": expedition,
         "time_underground": tu,
         "cave_slug": str(cave),
-        "title": f"{place} - {title}"
+        "title": f"{place} - {title}",
+        # "other_people": others
     }
     lookupAttribs = {"slug": slug, "date": date }
 
@@ -91,32 +94,41 @@ def store_edited_entry_into_database(date, place, title, text, others, author, t
     # These entities have to be PersonExpedition objects
     team = others.split(",")
     team.append(author)
+    
+    odds = []
     for name in team:
         name = name.strip()
-        if len(name) > 0 and name[0] != "*": # a name prefix of "*" is special, just a string.
+        if len(name) > 0: 
-            try:
+            if name[0] == "*": # a name prefix of "*" is special, just a string.
-                personyear = GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition).get(name.lower())
+                odds.append(name)
-                if not personyear:
+            else:
-                    if known_foreigner(name):
+                try:
-                        message = f" ! - Known foreigner: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
+                    personyear = GetPersonExpeditionNameLookup(expedition).get(name.lower())
-                        print(message)
+                    if not personyear:
-                    else:
+                        odds.append(name)
-                        message = f" ! - No name match for: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
+                        if known_foreigner(name):
-                        print(message)
+                            message = f" ! - Known foreigner: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
-                        DataIssue.objects.create(parser="logbooks", message=message)
+                            print(message)
-                else:                    
+                        else:
-                    lookupAttribs = {"personexpedition": personyear, "nickname_used": name, "logbook_entry": lbo} # lbo is primary key
+                            message = f" ! - No name match for: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
-                    nonLookupAttribs = {"time_underground": tu, "is_logbook_entry_author": (name==author)}
+                            print(message)
-                    pt_list.append(PersonLogEntry(**nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs))
+                            DataIssue.objects.create(parser="logbooks", message=message)
+                    else:                    
+                        lookupAttribs = {"personexpedition": personyear, "nickname_used": name, "logbook_entry": lbo} # lbo is primary key
+                        nonLookupAttribs = {"time_underground": tu, "is_logbook_entry_author": (name==author)}
+                        pt_list.append(PersonLogEntry(**nonLookupAttribs, **lookupAttribs))
 
-            except:
+                except:
-                # This should not happen. We do not raise exceptions in that function
+                    # This should not happen. We do not raise exceptions in that function
-                message = f" ! - EXCEPTION: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
+                    message = f" ! - EXCEPTION: '{name}' in entry {slug=}"
-                print(message)
+                    print(message)
-                DataIssue.objects.create(parser="logbooks", message=message)
+                    DataIssue.objects.create(parser="logbooks", message=message)
-                raise
+                    raise
  
     PersonLogEntry.objects.bulk_create(pt_list)
+    
+    lbo.other_people = ", ".join(odds)
+    lbo.save()
 
 class FilesForm(forms.Form):  # not a model-form, just a form-form
     uploadfiles = forms.FileField()
@@ -204,7 +216,7 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None, slug=None):
             print(f"- Rewriting the entire {year} logbook to disc ")
             filename= "logbook.html"
             try:
-                writelogbook(year, filename) # uses a template, not the code fragment below
+                writelogbook(year, filename) # uses a template, not the code fragment below which is just a visible hint to logged on user
             except:
                 message = f'! - Logbook saving failed - \n!! Permissions failure ?! on attempting to save file "logbook.html"'
                 print(message)