In BooleanField default value is not set

[ptrans_pp@…]

My code:

class Employee(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = _('Employee')
        verbose_name_plural = _('Employees')

    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True, name=_('Active'), verbose_name=_('Active'))

class EmployeeForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Employee

def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):

    form = EmployeeForm()

    if form.is_valid():
        try:
            print "Form clean data is %s" % form.cleaned_data
            return form.save()
        except PermissionDenied:
            return rc.FORBIDDEN
        except Exception:
                return rc.INTERNAL_ERROR
    else:
        print form.errors.as_text()

Output is:

Form clean data is {'is_active': False}

[Ramiro Morales]

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[Ramiro Morales]

I can't reproduce this:

In [1]: from t17774.forms import EmployeeForm

In [2]: f = EmployeeForm()

In [3]: f.is_valid()
Out[3]: False

I'm using the sqlite DB backend.

is_valid() doesn't return True when instantiating an EmployeeForm without initial data to create a new Employee instance and without an associated existing Employee model instance to edit.

To the contributor that opened the ticket: reopen it if you can provide full details about your setup and if you can confirm the form handling code you are using is effectively the one you've pasted above.

[anonymous]

Well, I'm use

Django==1.3.1

psycopg2==2.4.1

postgresql-server Version: 9.1.2-65.1 Arch: x86_64

In addition I'm tried insert into my form this string

    is_active = forms.BooleanField(required=False, initial=True)

but it does not give

[Ramiro Morales]

Well, I can't reproduce with 1.3.1 and Postgres either.

Something I did nos stress enough in my previous comment is that there is not point and I see no way is_valid() can return True
for a ModelForm instance that has been instantiated like you did because you aren't validating any user-provided input. I suggest to read the relevant documentation: ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/forms/#using-a-form-in-a-view and search for help in user support channels.