From ebbc414d1729f24e395ee050a62276229c59d75d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:20:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #16168 - Added note regarding type requirements when overridng ModelForm fields. Thanks Pieter Swinkels for the patch. --- docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt index 4cfde400a7..0ca37745c7 100644 --- a/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/topics/forms/modelforms.txt @@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ parameter when declaring the form field:: class Meta: model = Article + You must ensure that the type of the form field can be used to set the + contents of the corresponding model field. When they are not compatible, + you will get a ``ValueError`` as no implicit conversion takes place. + See the :doc:`form field documentation ` for more information on fields and their arguments.