Re: Feature Request: Support for abstract models in ModelForm

[Tom Evans]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Rohit Banga <iamroh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some abstract models and I have created several concrete
> implementations of each of these models. The usecase is create multiple sets
> of tables across each having the same set of fields. When I use abstract
> models for modelforms it works fine until I get a unique key in the picture.
> Details of the problem I faced are detailed in this django ticket.
> https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/19271
>
> Working version of code: (Works just by chance - Apparently it is not
> supported)
> https://github.com/iamrohitbanga/django_ticket_19271/tree/code_working
>
> Non-Working verison of the code (unique key in abstract model)
> https://github.com/iamrohitbanga/django_ticket_19271/tree/code_not_working
>
> Is it possible to support this feature in a future release?
>
> Thanks
> Rohit
>

Can you explain what an "abstract ModelForm" is for? ModelForms are
used to accept and validate browser input and serialise that data to a
Model, storing or updating that data in a database. Abstract models do
not correspond to database tables, so what is the use of this?

Cheers

Tom