--- a/taskapp/forms/task.py	Tue Mar 02 15:34:51 2010 +0530
+++ b/taskapp/forms/task.py	Tue Mar 02 16:04:41 2010 +0530
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
         fields = ['title', 'desc', 'tags_field', 'credits']
     #publish = forms.BooleanField(required=False)
 
+    def clean_title(self):
+        data = self.cleaned_data['title'].strip()
+        try:
+            Task.objects.exclude(status="DL").get(title__iexact=data)
+            raise forms.ValidationError("Another task with same title exists")
+        except Task.DoesNotExist:
+            return data
+
     def clean_desc(self):
         data = self.cleaned_data['desc'].strip()
         if not data:
@@ -27,6 +35,17 @@
 
             return data
 
+        def clean_title(self):
+            data = self.cleaned_data['title'].strip()
+            try:
+                prev_task = Task.objects.exclude(status="DL").get(title__iexact=data)
+                if prev_task != task:
+                    raise forms.ValidationError("Another task with same title exists")
+                else:
+                    return data
+            except:
+                return data
+
     data = {
         'title': task.title,
         'desc': task.desc,

--- a/taskapp/views/task.py	Tue Mar 02 15:34:51 2010 +0530
+++ b/taskapp/views/task.py	Tue Mar 02 16:04:41 2010 +0530
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@
                     #publish = data['publish'] # just in case if we have to show the option
                     task = createTask(title,desc,user,credits)
                     
-                    if not task:
-                        error_msg = "Another task with the same title exists"
-                        return render_to_response('task/create.html',{'user':user, 'form':form, 'error_msg':error_msg})
-                    
                     addMentor(task, user)
                     updateTask(task,tags_field=data['tags_field'])
                     # if publish: publishTask(task)    
@@ -541,7 +537,7 @@
                 data = form.cleaned_data
                 title = data['title']
                 try:
-                    prev_task = Task.objects.exclude(status="DL").get(title=title)
+                    prev_task = Task.objects.exclude(status="DL").get(title__iexact=title)
                     if prev_task != task:
                         error_msg = "Another task exists with the same title"
                         return render_to_response('task/edittask.html',{'user':user, 'form':form, 'error_msg':error_msg})