On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 10:17:52AM +1000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> If you also want to say "it is optional to enter this in the admin
> interface", then you also need to set blank = True on the field (this
> won't require any change to your database: it only affects the
> interface).
Perhaps the option "blank" should not even be used -- use
"required=False" instead of "blank=True" (and vice versa of course)...
i.e. isn't it more clear to say that entering some value for this
field either is or is not required...?
--
Glenn
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On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 10:17:52AM +1000, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> If you also want to say "it is optional to enter this in the admin
> interface", then you also need to set blank = True on the field (this
> won't require any change to your database: it only affects the
> interface).
Perhaps the option "blank" should not even be used -- use
"required=False" instead of "blank=True" (and vice versa of course)...
i.e. isn't it more clear to say that entering some value for this
field either is or is not required...?
--
Glenn
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