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10th August 2008 - Link Blog

Changeset 8266 - Added ModelAdmin.save_model() and ModelAdmin.save_formset() methods. One of those small changes that opens up enormous possibilities—it’s now incredibly easy to customise exactly how a model is saved in the Django admin interface by over-riding the save_model method.

Posted 10th August 2008 at 1:17 pm

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