Thanks, Dan and Daniel. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Daniel Roseman <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Jun 22, 9:11 pm, Jonathan Hayward > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the preferred way to make e.g. a TextField that will pass > validation > > if it is left empty? I've seen two approaches apparently referenced in > the > > documentation: > > > > additional_comments = models.TextField(required = False) > > > > additional_comments = models.TextField(blank = True) > > > > and run into errors with the first. Does this mean that I should go with > the > > second, or is there another way that is preferred? > > > > I'm using 1.2. > > The first is just wrong, and certainly isn't documented in that form. > You seem to have wrongly conflated some of the syntax from the forms > documentation with the models docs. > > Model fields take blank=True/False. Form fields take > 'required=False' (or True) as a parameter. However, the field in that > case would be forms.CharField, not models.TextField. > -- > DR. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<django-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- → Jonathan Hayward, [email protected] → An Orthodox Christian author: theology, literature, et cetera. → My award-winning collection is available for free reading online: ☩ I invite you to visit my main site at http://JonathansCorner.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
