default relative Imports in Django wiki failing

Question

In views.py, when initially running the pregenerated line

from . import util

failed with relative import error. The standard

from .dir import package

also failed. Deleting __init.py__ also has no effect.

What is another way to import a local file.

Answer 1

via https://stackoverflow.com/a/7506029

import os,sys
sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
import util

Adds local directory absolute path to sys to path, removing the from requirement It is hacky, but if all else fails, this works.