class MyModel(models.Model): site = models.ManyToManyField(Site) on_site = CurrentSiteManager() foobar = ... # A unique field def save(self, *args, **kwargs): if self.id == None: # new item should be created. # manually check a unique togeher, because django can't do this with a M2M field. # Obsolete if unique_together work with ManyToMany: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/702 exist = MyModel.on_site.filter(foobar=self.foobar).count() if exist != 0: from django.db import IntegrityError # We can use attributes from this model instance, because it needs to have a primary key # value before a many-to-many relationship can be used. site = Site.objects.get_current() raise IntegrityError( "MyModel item with same foobar field exist on site %r" % site ) return super(MyModel, self).save(*args, **kwargs) class Meta: #unique_together = ("foobar", "site") # unique_together doesn't work with ManyToMany! # See: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/702