Fixed #7654: Documented the fact that file upload handlers must be mo…

…dified before reading request.POST git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8758 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
django · Aug 31, 2008 · ce24a1f · ce24a1f
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diff --git a/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt b/docs/topics/http/file-uploads.txt
@@ -254,10 +254,12 @@ list::
 
 .. note::
 
-    You can only modify upload handlers *before* accessing ``request.FILES`` --
+    You can only modify upload handlers *before* accessing
-    it doesn't make sense to change upload handlers after upload handling has
+    ``request.POST`` or ``request.FILES`` -- it doesn't make sense to
-    already started. If you try to modify ``request.upload_handlers`` after
+    change upload handlers after upload handling has already
-    reading from ``request.FILES`` Django will throw an error.
+    started. If you try to modify ``request.upload_handlers`` after
+    reading from ``request.POST`` or ``request.FILES`` Django will
+    throw an error.
 
     Thus, you should always modify uploading handlers as early in your view as
     possible.