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@@ -323,16 +323,19 @@ Since the Author model has only 3 fields, 'name', 'title', and
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to be empty, and does not provide a default value for the missing fields,
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any attempt to ``save()`` a ``ModelForm`` with missing fields will fail.
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To avoid this failure, you must instantiate your model with initial values
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- for the missing, but required fields, or use ``save(commit=False)`` and
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- manually set any extra required fields::
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+ for the missing, but required fields::
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- instance = Instance(required_field='value')
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- form = InstanceForm(request.POST, instance=instance)
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- new_instance = form.save()
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+ author = Author(title='Mr')
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+ form = PartialAuthorForm(request.POST, instance=author)
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+ form.save()
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- instance = form.save(commit=False)
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- instance.required_field = 'new value'
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- new_instance = instance.save()
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+ Alternatively, you can use ``save(commit=False)`` and manually set
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+ any extra required fields::
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+
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+ form = PartialAuthorForm(request.POST)
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+ author = form.save(commit=False)
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+ author.title = 'Mr'
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+ author.save()
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See the `section on saving forms`_ for more details on using
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``save(commit=False)``.
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@@ -563,8 +566,8 @@ number of objects needed::
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>>> formset.initial
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[{'id': 1, 'name': u'Charles Baudelaire'}, {'id': 3, 'name': u'Paul Verlaine'}]
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-If the value of ``max_num`` is higher than the number of objects returned, up to
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-``extra`` additional blank forms will be added to the formset, so long as the
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+If the value of ``max_num`` is higher than the number of objects returned, up to
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+``extra`` additional blank forms will be added to the formset, so long as the
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total number of forms does not exceed ``max_num``::
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>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, max_num=4, extra=2)
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