setting fk model field to editable=False produces error when using generic create

[rokclimb15@…]

Given the following model snippet:

class PreferredEmail(models.Model):
	label = models.ForeignKey('PreferredEmailLabel')	
	email = models.EmailField(db_index=True, core=True)
	user = models.ForeignKey(User, editable=False, db_index=True, edit_inline=models.TABULAR, num_in_admin=2)

Trying to create a PreferredEmail object using django.views.generic.create_update.delete_object will produce a db error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in get_response
  77. response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\decorators.py" in _checklogin
  14. return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\djangosites\AGD\..\AGD\AGDWeb\views.py" in add_email_address
  49. return create_object(request, PreferredEmail, post_save_redirect='/accounts/profile/emails/', extra_context={'user': request.user})
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\create_update.py" in create_object
  40. new_object = manipulator.save(new_data)
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\manipulators.py" in save
  108. new_object.save()
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py" in save
  238. ','.join(placeholders)), db_values)
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\util.py" in execute
  12. return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\cursors.py" in execute
  163. self.errorhandler(self, exc, value)
File "c:\Python24\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\connections.py" in defaulterrorhandler
  35. raise errorclass, errorvalue

  OperationalError at /accounts/profile/emails/add/
  (1048, "Column 'user_id' cannot be null")

[anonymous]

Replying to rokclimb15@gmail.com:

Trying to create a PreferredEmail object using django.views.generic.create_update.delete_object will produce a db error

That should read django.views.generic.create_update.create_object

[Chris Beaven]

Unless I'm missing something, that seems like a valid error. You should set null=True on that field.

[rokclimb15@…]

My bad, I thought this option was only supposed to affect the admin interface.