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Fixed #13015 -- Clarified language about model instances attached to forms.
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@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Overriding the clean() method
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You can override the ``clean()`` method on a model form to provide additional
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validation in the same way you can on a normal form.
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A model form instance bound to a model object will contain an ``instance``
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A model form instance attached to a model object will contain an ``instance``
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attribute that gives its methods access to that specific model instance.
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.. warning::
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@ -674,6 +674,21 @@ There are a couple of things to note, however.
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a default field. To opt-out from default fields, see
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:ref:`modelforms-selecting-fields`.
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Providing initial values
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------------------------
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As with regular forms, it's possible to specify initial data for forms by
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specifying an ``initial`` parameter when instantiating the form. Initial
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values provided this way will override both initial values from the form field
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and values from an attached model instance. For example::
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>>> article = Article.objects.get(pk1=)
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>>> article.headline
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'My headline'
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>>> form = ArticleForm(initial={'headline': 'Initial headline'), instance=article)
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>>> form['pub_date'].value()
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'Initial headline'
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.. _modelforms-factory:
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ModelForm factory function
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@ -840,8 +855,8 @@ As with regular formsets, it's possible to :ref:`specify initial data
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<formsets-initial-data>` for forms in the formset by specifying an ``initial``
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parameter when instantiating the model formset class returned by
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:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory`. However, with model
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formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't bound
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to an existing object instance.
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formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't
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attached to an existing model instance.
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.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset:
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