From ce24a1f81d83f6d253798f717357686cb0a26571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Bennett Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:23:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #7654: Documented the fact that file upload handlers must be modified before reading request.POST git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8758 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt b/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt index 08b0b761dd..d8bd0dc4f6 100644 --- a/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt +++ b/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt @@ -254,10 +254,12 @@ list:: .. note:: - You can only modify upload handlers *before* accessing ``request.FILES`` -- - it doesn't make sense to change upload handlers after upload handling has - already started. If you try to modify ``request.upload_handlers`` after - reading from ``request.FILES`` Django will throw an error. + You can only modify upload handlers *before* accessing + ``request.POST`` or ``request.FILES`` -- it doesn't make sense to + change upload handlers after upload handling has already + started. If you try to modify ``request.upload_handlers`` after + reading from ``request.POST`` or ``request.FILES`` Django will + throw an error. Thus, you should always modify uploading handlers as early in your view as possible.