In brief, a [Typed]ChoiceField can reject a valid choice of type Decimal because it is incorrectly compared using smart_unicode. Decimal('0.5')==Decimal('0.50') is true, while '0.5'=='0.50' is false.
Verbosely, consider a model defined like so : class Foo(models.Model): BAR_CHOICES = ( (Decimal('0.25'), 'quarter'), (Decimal('0.50'), 'unit') ) bar = models.DecimalField(max_digits=4, decimal_places=2, choices = BAR_CHOICES) and a ModelForm based on it : class FooForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = models.Foo Now : >> FooForm({'bar':'0.50'}).is_valid() true >> FooForm({'bar':'0.5'}).is_valid() false # errors = {'bar': [u'Select a valid choice. 0.5 is not one of the available choices.']} This issue might arise when the choices are dynamically generated, as Python isn't rigorous about trailing zeros : >>> Decimal('1.0') + Decimal('0.5') Decimal('1.5') >>> Decimal('1.0') + Decimal('0.50') Decimal('1.50') -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.