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diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index d161b3f7f5..fe1e053d50 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -338,6 +338,16 @@ parameter when declaring the form field:: ... class Meta: ... model = Article +Overriding the clean() method +----------------------------- + +You can overide the ``clean()`` method on a model form to provide additional +validation in the same way you can on a normal form. However, by default the +``clean()`` method validates the uniqueness of fields that are marked as unique +on the model, and those marked as unque_together, if you would like to overide +the ``clean()`` method and maintain the default validation you must call the +parent class's ``clean()`` method. + Form inheritance ---------------- @@ -500,4 +510,4 @@ books of a specific author. Here is how you could accomplish this:: >>> from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory >>> BookFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book) >>> author = Author.objects.get(name=u'Orson Scott Card') - >>> formset = BookFormSet(instance=author)
\ No newline at end of file + >>> formset = BookFormSet(instance=author) |