[1.1.X] Fixed #12285. ModelForm raises a more informative error if it doesn't have a model class defined. Backport of [12526] from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.1.X@12530 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/django/forms/models.py b/django/forms/models.py
index 4e8578e55e..1cbfba9602 100644
--- a/django/forms/models.py
+++ b/django/forms/models.py
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ class BaseModelForm(BaseForm):
                  empty_permitted=False, instance=None):
         opts = self._meta
         if instance is None:
+            if opts.model is None:
+                raise ValueError('ModelForm has no model class specified.')
             # if we didn't get an instance, instantiate a new one
             self.instance = opts.model()
             object_data = {}