From 5a74f0c936b2b1ff3764ad7a3f9019e0d8e9a4eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell Keith-Magee Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 05:49:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- docs/ref/forms/validation.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt index b6642d5253..596ab4236c 100644 --- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt +++ b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt @@ -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 + ` 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