On 9 déc, 06:29, chefsmart <moran.cors...@gmail.com> wrote: > At what point in a modelform's lifecycle does the underlying object > become accessible? > Specifically, can I access the underlying object in > a modelform's "clean" method? > Or is it only after one does form.save > () with or without commit = False?
Use the source, Luke !-) Reading the code for the BaseModelForm class, it appears that if no instance is provided (you can obviously access the instance from any method if you passed one...), one is created in the __init__ method. So you do have access to the instance anywhere after to call to ModelForm.__init__. *BUT* > I basically need to do some custom validation and need to access the > object's pk attribute in "clean". Can this be done? The pk will only be set if the instance has already been saved at least once (stating the obvious, yes). So if you didn't pass an instance, the one you'll get will have None as pk value. HTH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
