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19719	Example in documentation saves an unbounded form	alexpirine	anonymous	"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#the-save-method

This doesn't work:

{{{
>>> a = Article.objects.get(pk=1)
>>> f = ArticleForm(instance=a)
>>> f.save() # AttributeError: 'Article' object has no attribute 'cleaned_data'
}}}

Also confirmed here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2393348/django-form-error#comment2374980_2394120

and here:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/api/#behavior-of-unbound-forms"	Bug	closed	Documentation	1.4	Normal	fixed			Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0