my guess is that the validation fails before reaching the
clean_PDF_File method, that is it fails at the FileField's clean
method. Perhaps, you haven't supplied a file. :)
On May 28, 3:02 pm, Adam Stein <a...@eng.mc.xerox.com> wrote:
> Running Django v1.0.2.
>
> I have a form with a file field. The file needs to be in PDF format, so
> I have a clean routine that checks that (modified slightly to NOT wrap
> lines):
>
> def clean_PDF_File(self):
> """Verify that the content is PDF format"""
>
> type = "application/pdf"
> if self.cleaned_data["PDF_File"].content_type != type:
> raise forms.ValidationError("File must be in PDF format")
>
> return self.cleaned_data["PDF_File"]
>
> A simplified view looks like this:
>
> if form.is_valid():
> <do valid stuff>
> else:
> print "Errors = [", form.errors, "]"
>
> I'm expecting form.errors to contain the message I gave to
> ValidationError(). Instead, this is what prints out:
>
> Errors = [ <ul class="errorlist"><li>PDF_File<ul
> class="errorlist"><li>The submitted file is empty.</li></ul></li></ul> ]
>
> What happened to my error message? I can't pass the correct error
> message to the form if I don't receive it in the first place. When the
> field is blank, I get the correct error message that I expect to see:
>
> Errors = [ <ul class="errorlist"><li>PDF_File<ul
> class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul></li></ul> ]
>
> Any thoughts on what else I might try or look at?
> --
> Adam Stein @ Xerox Corporation Email: a...@eng.mc.xerox.com
>
> Disclaimer: Any/All views expressed
> here have been proven to be my own. [http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/]
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