[Answered ]-'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2019' in position 5: ordinal not in range(128) error

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The exception shows that the error is thrown by the admin template trying to convert your object to a string:

{{ original|truncatewords:"18" }}

(from line 21 of the admin template). original is the object being edited.

You are using Python 2, so make sure your model implements a proper __unicode__ method returning a unicode object (so not encoded). If you have a __str__ method instead, that still returns unicode, you’ll certainly run into the above exception; __str__ should only be used in Python 3 code. Alternatively, add the python_2_unicode_compatible() decorator and use __str__, see the __str__ method documentation.

👤Martijn Pieters

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