I was finally able to figure it out as I saw on another post. Instead, of using the RaiseValidation error I did the following:
self.errors.update(annotation=ErrorList([u'You must enter an Annotation Type.'])) Thanks for all your help, Jeff -------------- Original message -------------- From: rskm1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Aug 9, 7:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, if I use clean_annotationvalue to do both how would I be able to put an > error > > message on the annotation type ... > > I think you were on the right track the first time. Philosophically, > the Form's clean() method is where you're supposed to be doing the > inter-field validations, and you don't have to worry about field > sequence there either. > > So now your question boils down to a simple "How do I associate the > error message with a specific field, from the form's clean() method?" > > Normally, if you raise a ValidationError exception from > YourForm.clean(), the message appears in a "special" section of the > form._errors collection named "__all__", accessed from the template as > {{ form.non_field_errors }}. > But if you can figure out how to manually inject the message into > yourform._errors yourself, you could make it appear on any field you > want. Well, *theoretically* anyway; I haven't tried that myself, > since I always *want* the inter-field validation errors to appear in a > different spot. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---