On Onchange Method Readonly Field Not Stored in Database

 In this article you will learn how to store vlaues of a readonly field into the Database on onchange method. 

The problem is when we set the value of some field on onchange of some another field, than this field convert into readonly mode and does not save into the database.

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How to Save Readonly Field in Database in Odoo

You can store readonly field values into the database on onchange method by following ways.

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• If you are using newer version of Odoo than follow below steps

Use attribute force_save="1" in view to save value of readonly field

<field name="some_field" readonly="1" force_save="1"/>

If you want to do above step using inheritance than use below code

<xpath expr="//field[@name='your_field_name_goes_here']" position="attributes">
    <attribute name="force_save">True</attribute>
</xpath>

• If you are using older version of odoo than follow below steps

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As we know that when we get the value on onchange method, the desired field convert into readonly mode and its value does not save into the database to save the value into the database we are going to override create and write method and in that method we explicitly save the value.

store_readonly_field_value_in_database.py