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
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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.
>
>
> >
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