The way I generally do this type of thing is: https://gist.github.com/1591723
Lately, I've been using model validation: the clean() method instead of the save() method, but I can't remember if this is always called. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/instances/#validating-objects The other thing you can do is have a pre_save signal listener. That might be useful if you have several classes that need to have the same check done. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/#pre-save Regards, Matt. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/CRw399vSaLIJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.