Shawn, Thank you so very much. This is coming along quite nicely. Your answers have been perfect.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > Without changing or subclassing the User model (which shouldn't be done, > because it causes problems), I don't know how you can put the unique e-mail > address constraint on the database, except manually via your database's own > tool. I don't know if that can cause problems with Django's ORM, and it is > probably a very complicated question with answers that differ greatly > depending on the database backend and driver being used. So I can't offer > any useful info here. > > However, on the front end you can certainly override the clean() methods of > your fields, and gracefully handle checking of duplicates and user-friendly > error messages. I know you like the DB constraints because it's a > best-practice, but if no other software will be accessing your database then > this is all you'll need. > > For your two questions: > > You don't need to remove the username from the ModelForm -- just don't > include it in the template. > Override the default template (copy the default template and modify your > changed version). > > To change the label on the template, you can change the 'label' property of > the field in your subclassed ModelForm. > Something like this (in the __init__, after calling the __init__ of > super(): > > self.fields['username'].label = 'E-mail Address' > > > Shawn > > -- > 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<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- Micah Carrick, Founder *Green Tackle* - *Environmentally Friendly Fishing Tackle* www.GreenTackle.com <http://www.greentackle.com> Email: mi...@greentackle.com Phone: 971.270.2206 Toll Free: 877.580.9165 Fax: 503.946.3106 -- 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.
