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authorRussell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>2010-05-09 05:49:14 +0000
committerRussell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>2010-05-09 05:49:14 +0000
commit5a74f0c936b2b1ff3764ad7a3f9019e0d8e9a4eb (patch)
tree41ec67b5882190830cb61904b88d75f32279ebd7 /docs/ref/forms
parent55d65d335185f98e0a12b7a0caba6586ee4c594d (diff)
Fixed #12643 -- Added link to the ModelForm documentation clarifying the special requirements of a clean() method on a modelform. Thanks to fgaudin for the report, and ptone for the patch.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@13163 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
index b6642d5253..596ab4236c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt
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@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ overridden:
errors to a specific field in the form, you will need to access the
``_errors`` attribute on the form, which is `described later`_.
+ Also note that there are special considerations when overriding
+ the ``clean()`` method of a ``ModelForm`` subclass. (see the
+ :ref:`ModelForm documentation
+ <overriding-modelform-clean-method>` for more information)
+
These methods are run in the order given above, one field at a time. That is,
for each field in the form (in the order they are declared in the form
definition), the ``Field.clean()`` method (or its override) is run, then