Possible form field types per model field type

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Published on 2010-05-26T22:03:08Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 23:11 UTC
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Django's documentation specifies for each model field type the corresponding default form field type. Alas, I couldn't find in the documentation, or anywhere else, what form field types are possible per model field type. Not all combinations are possible, right?

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