New subject: "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'" with Dataset Actions --> Select more datasets

28 Mar 2012


      Dear Galaxy Dev,
On the viewed transferred datasets screen, when you click on Dataset
Actions --> Select more datasets, I get the following error and stack
trace:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'
URL: http://galaxyserver/requests_admin/select_datasets_to_transfer?cntrller=requ...
Module weberror.evalexception.middleware:364 in respond         view
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app_iter = self.application(environ, detect_start_response)
Module paste.debug.prints:98 in __call__         view
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environ, self.app)
Module paste.wsgilib:539 in intercept_output         view
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app_iter = application(environ, replacement_start_response)
Module paste.recursive:80 in __call__         view
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return self.application(environ, start_response)
Module galaxy.web.framework.middleware.remoteuser:111 in __call__         view
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return self.app( environ, start_response )
Module paste.httpexceptions:632 in __call__         view
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return self.application(environ, start_response)
Module galaxy.web.framework.base:145 in __call__         view
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body = method( trans, **kwargs )
Module galaxy.web.framework:139 in decorator         view
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return func( self, trans, *args, **kwargs )
Module galaxy.web.controllers.requests_admin:355 in
select_datasets_to_transfer         view
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external_service = trans.sa_session.query( trans.model.ExternalService ).get( trans.security.decode_id( external_service_id ) )
Module galaxy.web.security:45 in decode_id         view
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return int( self.id_cipher.decrypt( obj_id.decode( 'hex' ) ).lstrip( "!" ) )
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'