Re: adding errors to forms

The reference you want is here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/validation/#form-subclasses-and-modifying-field-errors Note particularly those first few paragraphs under 'Form subclasses and modifying field errors', and examples below. sdc --~--~-~--~~~--

Re: adding errors to forms

I think the errors attribute needs to be a list (hence the name), so try: form._errors['name'].append('User name already in use') I think errors is not only a list, but an instance of django.forms.utils.ErrorList (or any subclass of it), which controls the way errors are displayed in the form, a

adding errors to forms

If I have a form and if form.is_valid is False The code code in the template {{ form.name.errors}} formats the error like this. This field is required. How do you add an error so it gets formatted with the surrounding html. If a user name already exists I want to add the error message 'User na