If I am not mistaken, editable=False is only applicable to the admin-
forms. Simply create a view that checks to see if the user is a
superuser and then give them a form to add an email address.
peace,
-r
On Aug 10, 7:59 pm, Russell Blau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am working on an application that includes the following in
> models.py:
>
> class UserEmail(models.Model):
> email = models.EmailField("email address", unique=True,
> editable=False)
> user = models.ForeignKey(UserRegistration)
>
> # an email address can only be associated with one user, and can
> never
> # be deleted
> # once assigned to a user, it can be shifted to another user only
> by
> # manual intervention by an administrator
>
> def delete(self):
> "Deletion of email addresses is not permitted"
> warnings.warn("Attempt to delete registered email %s
> rejected."
> % self.email)
>
> def __str__(self):
> return self.email
>
> class Admin:
> pass
>
> Basically, I want to keep track of every email address that has ever
> been registered with my app, to prevent duplication. By overriding
> delete(), I prevent any address from being removed from the database,
> but I also have to prevent editing the address once it has been
> registered. The problem is that "editable=False" works too well -- it
> prevents an admin from editing an existing address, but also prevents
> them from adding new ones. Is there a way to set up my model so that
> the administrator can enter new email addresses for a user, but cannot
> change the existing ones?
>
> Russ
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