Django modelform NOT required field

Question

I have a form like this:

class My_Form(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = My_Class
        fields = (\'first_name\', \'last_name\' , \'address\')
         


        

Answer 1

Solution: use both blank=True, null=True.

my_field = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True, null=True)

Explanation:

if you use null=True

`my_field = models.PositiveIntegerField(null=True)`

then my_field is required, with * against it in form, you cant submit empty value.

if you use blank=True

`my_field = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=True)`

then my_field is not required, no * against it in form, you cant submit value. But will get null field not allowed.

Note:

1) marking as not required and 
2) allowing null field are two different things.

Pro Tip:

Read the error more carefully than documentation.