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Unique field inline formset

Author:
dcwatson
Posted:
September 13, 2012
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Python
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field unique formset inlineformset
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This method will return an inline formset class that validates values across the given field are unique among all forms. For instance:

ApprovedUserFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Request, ApprovedUser, formset=unique_field_formset('email'), form=ApprovedUserForm)

Will make sure all ApprovedUser objects created for the Request have unique "email" fields.

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def unique_field_formset(field_name):
    from django.forms.models import BaseInlineFormSet
    class UniqueFieldFormSet (BaseInlineFormSet):
        def clean(self):
            if any(self.errors):
                # Don't bother validating the formset unless each form is valid on its own
                return
            values = set()
            for form in self.forms:
                value = form.cleaned_data[field_name]
                if value in values:
                    raise forms.ValidationError('Duplicate values for "%s" are not allowed.' % field_name)
                values.add(value)
    return UniqueFieldFormSet

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Comments

monikkinom (on March 6, 2015):

If the errors are not visible in the view, you are probably making the same mistake I made. To display the validation errors in the view, you must add {{ formset.non_form_errors }} to it.

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