Self-referencing Foreign Key Infinite Loop
Make sure we don't create an infinite loop with a self-referencing foreign key. Many times I have needed category models that reference themselves, providing a flexible way to make children categories, grandchildren categories, etc. If you chain the slugs (or even ids) there's a chance you could end up with an infinite loop. Assumes a required, unique slug field ('slug') and an optional self-referencing foreign key ('parent'). All_data doesn't give you the object's ID, so we will find it via the unique slug. If either is not present we pass -- if there's no parent chosen it's not a problem, and if there is no slug present the submission will fail on that validation instead. It is worth noting that if the user changes the slug field on submission AND picks a bad parent it will not be caught. Infinite loop cases: 1. A references A 2. A tries to reference B, which is currently referencing A
- validator
- foreignkey