From 5a74f0c936b2b1ff3764ad7a3f9019e0d8e9a4eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>
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
+ <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