{"title":"PostgreSQL specific form fields and widgets","version":"4.0","locale":"el","docname":"ref/contrib/postgres/forms","url":"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/forms/","canonical":"https://djangodocs.dev/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/forms/","summary":"All of these fields and widgets are available from the django.contrib.postgres.forms module. Fields Link to this heading # SimpleArrayField Link to this heading #…","html":"<h1>PostgreSQL specific form fields and widgets<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#postgresql-specific-form-fields-and-widgets\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h1>\n<p>All of these fields and widgets are available from the\n<code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">django.contrib.postgres.forms</span></code> module.</p>\n<section id=\"fields\">\n<h2>Fields<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#fields\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<section id=\"simplearrayfield\">\n<h3><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">SimpleArrayField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#simplearrayfield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h3>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">SimpleArrayField</span></span><span class=\"sig-paren\">(</span><em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">base_field</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">delimiter</span></span><span class=\"o\"><span class=\"pre\">=</span></span><span class=\"default_value\"><span class=\"pre\">','</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">max_length</span></span><span class=\"o\"><span class=\"pre\">=</span></span><span class=\"default_value\"><span class=\"pre\">None</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">min_length</span></span><span class=\"o\"><span class=\"pre\">=</span></span><span class=\"default_value\"><span class=\"pre\">None</span></span></em><span class=\"sig-paren\">)</span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>A field which maps to an array. It is represented by an HTML <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">&lt;input&gt;</span></code>.</p>\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.base_field\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">base_field</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.base_field\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is a required argument.</p>\n<p>It specifies the underlying form field for the array. This is not used\nto render any HTML, but it is used to process the submitted data and\nvalidate it. For example:</p>\n<div class=\"code-block\" data-language=\"default\"><div class=\"code-block-toolbar\"><span class=\"code-block-language\">Code</span><button type=\"button\" class=\"copy-button\" data-copy hidden><span class=\"copy-button-label\">Copy</span></button></div><pre role=\"group\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Code code\"><code><span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"kn\">from</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nn\">django</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"kn\">import</span> <span class=\"n\">forms</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"kn\">from</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nn\">django.contrib.postgres.forms</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"kn\">import</span> <span class=\"n\">SimpleArrayField</span>\n\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"k\">class</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nc\">NumberListForm</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">forms</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">Form</span><span class=\"p\">):</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">... </span>    <span class=\"n\">numbers</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"n\">SimpleArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">forms</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">())</span>\n\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"n\">NumberListForm</span><span class=\"p\">({</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;numbers&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">:</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;1,2,3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">})</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">is_valid</span><span class=\"p\">()</span>\n<span class=\"go\">True</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">cleaned_data</span>\n<span class=\"go\">{&#39;numbers&#39;: [1, 2, 3]}</span>\n\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"n\">NumberListForm</span><span class=\"p\">({</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;numbers&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">:</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;1,2,a&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">})</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">is_valid</span><span class=\"p\">()</span>\n<span class=\"go\">False</span>\n</code></pre></div>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.delimiter\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">delimiter</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.delimiter\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is an optional argument which defaults to a comma: <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">,</span></code>. This\nvalue is used to split the submitted data. It allows you to chain\n<code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">SimpleArrayField</span></code> for multidimensional data:</p>\n<div class=\"code-block\" data-language=\"default\"><div class=\"code-block-toolbar\"><span class=\"code-block-language\">Code</span><button type=\"button\" class=\"copy-button\" data-copy hidden><span class=\"copy-button-label\">Copy</span></button></div><pre role=\"group\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Code code\"><code><span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"kn\">from</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nn\">django</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"kn\">import</span> <span class=\"n\">forms</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"kn\">from</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nn\">django.contrib.postgres.forms</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"kn\">import</span> <span class=\"n\">SimpleArrayField</span>\n\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"k\">class</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nc\">GridForm</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">forms</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">Form</span><span class=\"p\">):</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">... </span>    <span class=\"n\">places</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"n\">SimpleArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">SimpleArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">()),</span> <span class=\"n\">delimiter</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;|&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">)</span>\n\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"n\">GridForm</span><span class=\"p\">({</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;places&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">:</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;1,2|2,1|4,3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">})</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">is_valid</span><span class=\"p\">()</span>\n<span class=\"go\">True</span>\n<span class=\"gp\">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=\"n\">form</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">cleaned_data</span>\n<span class=\"go\">{&#39;places&#39;: [[1, 2], [2, 1], [4, 3]]}</span>\n</code></pre></div>\n<aside class=\"admonition admonition-note\" role=\"note\">\n<p class=\"admonition-title\">Σημείωση</p>\n<p>The field does not support escaping of the delimiter, so be careful\nin cases where the delimiter is a valid character in the underlying\nfield. The delimiter does not need to be only one character.</p>\n</aside>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.max_length\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">max_length</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.max_length\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is an optional argument which validates that the array does not\nexceed the stated length.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.min_length\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">min_length</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SimpleArrayField.min_length\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is an optional argument which validates that the array reaches at\nleast the stated length.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<aside class=\"admonition-user-friendly-forms admonition\">\n<p class=\"admonition-title\">User friendly forms</p>\n<p><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">SimpleArrayField</span></code> is not particularly user friendly in most cases,\nhowever it is a useful way to format data from a client-side widget for\nsubmission to the server.</p>\n</aside>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"splitarrayfield\">\n<h3><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">SplitArrayField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#splitarrayfield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h3>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">SplitArrayField</span></span><span class=\"sig-paren\">(</span><em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">base_field</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">size</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">remove_trailing_nulls</span></span><span class=\"o\"><span class=\"pre\">=</span></span><span class=\"default_value\"><span class=\"pre\">False</span></span></em><span class=\"sig-paren\">)</span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This field handles arrays by reproducing the underlying field a fixed\nnumber of times.</p>\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.base_field\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">base_field</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.base_field\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is a required argument. It specifies the form field to be\nrepeated.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.size\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">size</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.size\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is the fixed number of times the underlying field will be used.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.remove_trailing_nulls\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">remove_trailing_nulls</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.SplitArrayField.remove_trailing_nulls\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>By default, this is set to <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">False</span></code>. When <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">False</span></code>, each value from\nthe repeated fields is stored. When set to <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">True</span></code>, any trailing\nvalues which are blank will be stripped from the result. If the\nunderlying field has <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">required=True</span></code>, but <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">remove_trailing_nulls</span></code>\nis <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">True</span></code>, then null values are only allowed at the end, and will be\nstripped.</p>\n<p>Some examples:</p>\n<div class=\"code-block\" data-language=\"default\"><div class=\"code-block-toolbar\"><span class=\"code-block-language\">Code</span><button type=\"button\" class=\"copy-button\" data-copy hidden><span class=\"copy-button-label\">Copy</span></button></div><pre role=\"group\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Code code\"><code><span class=\"n\">SplitArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">required</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">True</span><span class=\"p\">),</span> <span class=\"n\">size</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"mi\">3</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"n\">remove_trailing_nulls</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">False</span><span class=\"p\">)</span>\n\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; ValidationError - third entry required.</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; ValidationError - second entry required.</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; ValidationError - first and third entries required.</span>\n\n<span class=\"n\">SplitArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">required</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">False</span><span class=\"p\">),</span> <span class=\"n\">size</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"mi\">3</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"n\">remove_trailing_nulls</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">False</span><span class=\"p\">)</span>\n\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2, None]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, None, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [None, 2, None]</span>\n\n<span class=\"n\">SplitArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">required</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">True</span><span class=\"p\">),</span> <span class=\"n\">size</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"mi\">3</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"n\">remove_trailing_nulls</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">True</span><span class=\"p\">)</span>\n\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; ValidationError - second entry required.</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; ValidationError - first entry required.</span>\n\n<span class=\"n\">SplitArrayField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">IntegerField</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">required</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">False</span><span class=\"p\">),</span> <span class=\"n\">size</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"mi\">3</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"n\">remove_trailing_nulls</span><span class=\"o\">=</span><span class=\"kc\">True</span><span class=\"p\">)</span>\n\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, 2]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;1&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;3&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [1, None, 3]</span>\n<span class=\"p\">[</span><span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;2&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">,</span> <span class=\"s1\">&#39;&#39;</span><span class=\"p\">]</span>  <span class=\"c1\"># -&gt; [None, 2]</span>\n</code></pre></div>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"hstorefield\">\n<h3><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#hstorefield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h3>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.HStoreField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreField</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.HStoreField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>A field which accepts JSON encoded data for an\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.HStoreField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.HStoreField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreField</span></code></a>. It casts all values\n(except nulls) to strings. It is represented by an HTML <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">&lt;textarea&gt;</span></code>.</p>\n<aside class=\"admonition-user-friendly-forms admonition\">\n<p class=\"admonition-title\">User friendly forms</p>\n<p><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreField</span></code> is not particularly user friendly in most cases,\nhowever it is a useful way to format data from a client-side widget for\nsubmission to the server.</p>\n</aside>\n<aside class=\"admonition admonition-note\" role=\"note\">\n<p class=\"admonition-title\">Σημείωση</p>\n<p>On occasions it may be useful to require or restrict the keys which are\nvalid for a given field. This can be done using the\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/validators/#django.contrib.postgres.validators.KeysValidator\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.validators.KeysValidator\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">KeysValidator</span></code></a>.</p>\n</aside>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"range-fields\">\n<h3>Range Fields<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#range-fields\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h3>\n<p>This group of fields all share similar functionality for accepting range data.\nThey are based on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.MultiValueField\" title=\"django.forms.MultiValueField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">MultiValueField</span></code></a>. They treat one\nomitted value as an unbounded range. They also validate that the lower bound is\nnot greater than the upper bound. All of these fields use\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">RangeWidget</span></code></a>.</p>\n<section id=\"integerrangefield\">\n<h4><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">IntegerRangeField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#integerrangefield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h4>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.IntegerRangeField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">IntegerRangeField</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.IntegerRangeField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Based on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.IntegerField\" title=\"django.forms.IntegerField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">IntegerField</span></code></a> and translates its input into\n<a class=\"reference external\" href=\"https://www.psycopg.org/docs/extras.html#psycopg2.extras.NumericRange\" title=\"(στη Psycopg έκδοση 2.9)\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">NumericRange</span></code></a>. Default for\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.IntegerRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.IntegerRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">IntegerRangeField</span></code></a> and\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.BigIntegerRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.BigIntegerRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">BigIntegerRangeField</span></code></a>.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"decimalrangefield\">\n<h4><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DecimalRangeField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#decimalrangefield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h4>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.DecimalRangeField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">DecimalRangeField</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.DecimalRangeField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Based on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.DecimalField\" title=\"django.forms.DecimalField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DecimalField</span></code></a> and translates its input into\n<a class=\"reference external\" href=\"https://www.psycopg.org/docs/extras.html#psycopg2.extras.NumericRange\" title=\"(στη Psycopg έκδοση 2.9)\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">NumericRange</span></code></a>. Default for\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.DecimalRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.DecimalRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DecimalRangeField</span></code></a>.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"datetimerangefield\">\n<h4><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateTimeRangeField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#datetimerangefield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h4>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.DateTimeRangeField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">DateTimeRangeField</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.DateTimeRangeField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Based on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.DateTimeField\" title=\"django.forms.DateTimeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateTimeField</span></code></a> and translates its input into\n<a class=\"reference external\" href=\"https://www.psycopg.org/docs/extras.html#psycopg2.extras.DateTimeTZRange\" title=\"(στη Psycopg έκδοση 2.9)\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateTimeTZRange</span></code></a>. Default for\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateTimeRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateTimeRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateTimeRangeField</span></code></a>.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"daterangefield\">\n<h4><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateRangeField</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#daterangefield\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h4>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.DateRangeField\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">DateRangeField</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.DateRangeField\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Based on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/fields/#django.forms.DateField\" title=\"django.forms.DateField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateField</span></code></a> and translates its input into\n<a class=\"reference external\" href=\"https://www.psycopg.org/docs/extras.html#psycopg2.extras.DateRange\" title=\"(στη Psycopg έκδοση 2.9)\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateRange</span></code></a>. Default for\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateRangeField</span></code></a>.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n</section>\n</section>\n<section id=\"widgets\">\n<h2>Widgets<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#widgets\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<section id=\"rangewidget\">\n<h3><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">RangeWidget</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#rangewidget\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h3>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">RangeWidget</span></span><span class=\"sig-paren\">(</span><em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">base_widget</span></span></em>, <em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">attrs</span></span><span class=\"o\"><span class=\"pre\">=</span></span><span class=\"default_value\"><span class=\"pre\">None</span></span></em><span class=\"sig-paren\">)</span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Widget used by all of the range fields.\nBased on <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/forms/widgets/#django.forms.MultiWidget\" title=\"django.forms.MultiWidget\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">MultiWidget</span></code></a>.</p>\n<p><a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">RangeWidget</span></code></a> has one required argument:</p>\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget.base_widget\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">base_widget</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget.base_widget\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>A <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">RangeWidget</span></code></a> comprises a 2-tuple of <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">base_widget</span></code>.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n<dl class=\"py method\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget.decompress\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">decompress</span></span><span class=\"sig-paren\">(</span><em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">value</span></span></em><span class=\"sig-paren\">)</span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.forms.RangeWidget.decompress\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Takes a single «compressed» value of a field, for example a\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/4.0/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateRangeField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.DateRangeField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">DateRangeField</span></code></a>,\nand returns a tuple representing a lower and upper bound.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n</section>","rootId":"postgresql-specific-form-fields-and-widgets","toc":[{"title":"Fields","anchor":"fields","children":[{"title":"SimpleArrayField","anchor":"simplearrayfield","children":[]},{"title":"SplitArrayField","anchor":"splitarrayfield","children":[]},{"title":"HStoreField","anchor":"hstorefield","children":[]},{"title":"Range Fields","anchor":"range-fields","children":[{"title":"IntegerRangeField","anchor":"integerrangefield","children":[]},{"title":"DecimalRangeField","anchor":"decimalrangefield","children":[]},{"title":"DateTimeRangeField","anchor":"datetimerangefield","children":[]},{"title":"DateRangeField","anchor":"daterangefield","children":[]}]}]},{"title":"Widgets","anchor":"widgets","children":[{"title":"RangeWidget","anchor":"rangewidget","children":[]}]}],"breadcrumbs":[{"docname":"ref/index","title":"API 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