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2017-10-23 Django

Django Model Validations

Django Model Validations#

Something to keep in mind when validating on the model is that the clean method is not called automatically.

So you have to override the save method so that the validation is done. Otherwise only IntegrityErrors are raised.

Code#

Add the following method to your model

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.full_clean()
        return super().save(*args, **kwargs)

Model Validations do not run on model level#

These validations will fire when creating objects with a ModelForm but they will not if you are just creating the object directly.

full_time_equivalent = models.DecimalField(
    max_digits=5,
    decimal_places=2,
    default=100,
    validators=[
        MinValueValidator(Decimal(0)),
        MaxValueValidator(Decimal(100))
    ]
)

So it is again as above you need to run the self.full_clean() method on save()

Source#