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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/forms.txt | 17 |
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diff --git a/docs/forms.txt b/docs/forms.txt index 0ffb0bdcb7..e30a6185d9 100644 --- a/docs/forms.txt +++ b/docs/forms.txt @@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ The only real differences are: object being edited. * We set ``new_data`` based upon ``flatten_data()`` from the manipulator. - ``flatten_data()`` takes the data from the original object under - manipulation, and converts it into a data dictionary that can be used + ``flatten_data()`` takes the data from the original object under + manipulation, and converts it into a data dictionary that can be used to populate form elements with the existing values for the object. * The above example uses a different template, so create and edit can be @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Here's a simple function that might drive the above form:: errors = new_data = {} form = forms.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors) return render_to_response('contact_form.html', {'form': form}) - + ``FileField`` and ``ImageField`` special cases ============================================== @@ -481,13 +481,13 @@ the data being validated. Also, because consistency in user interfaces is important, we strongly urge you to put punctuation at the end of your validation messages. -When Are Validators Called? +When are validators called? --------------------------- After a form has been submitted, Django first checks to see that all the required fields are present and non-empty. For each field that passes that test *and if the form submission contained data* for that field, all the -validators for that field are called in turn. The emphasised portion in the +validators for that field are called in turn. The emphasized portion in the last sentence is important: if a form field is not submitted (because it contains no data -- which is normal HTML behaviour), the validators are not run against the field. @@ -497,13 +497,12 @@ This feature is particularly important for models using ``forms.CheckBoxField``. If the checkbox is not selected, it will not contribute to the form submission. -If you would like your validator to *always* run, regardless of whether the -field it is attached to contains any data, set the ``always_test`` attribute -on the validator function. For example:: +If you would like your validator to run *always*, regardless of whether its +attached field contains any data, set the ``always_test`` attribute on the +validator function. For example:: def my_custom_validator(field_data, all_data): # ... - my_custom_validator.always_test = True This validator will always be executed for any field it is attached to. |