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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index f61ebe6684..8146dfd341 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -293,7 +293,12 @@ records with the same ``title`` and ``pub_date``. Note that if you set this to point to a :class:`DateTimeField`, only the date portion of the field will be considered. -This is enforced by model validation but not at the database level. +This is enforced by :meth:`Model.validate_unique()` during model validation +but not at the database level. If any :attr:`~Field.unique_for_date` constraint +involves fields that are not part of a :class:`~django.forms.ModelForm` (for +example, if one of the fields is listed in ``exclude`` or has +:attr:`editable=False<Field.editable>`), :meth:`Model.validate_unique()` will +skip validation for that particular constraint. ``unique_for_month`` -------------------- |