Hi everyone, This is about ticket (https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13794) where inline formsets don't respect a foreign key's to_field. I've written about this issue before, even tried a 5 for 1 but I'm having a hard time getting feedback on it. This bug doesn't just affect django admin but any use of inline formsets based on a to_field.
This bug can cause data loss. If you are lucky you'll see the error that the original reporter posted in the ticket but If the value of the to_field happens to be the same as the primary key of a different row on the same table it will silently and irreparably replace your relationships. Leading to very hard to track down bugs and real data loss. It's seems not many people use to_fields but it is an official feature that is currently seriously broken for inline formsets and would be really nice to get this fixed. There are two possible patches there and I am happy to put in the work to get a fix accepted. So if you are willing to review and work with me on it please let me know. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
