agency unique email contraint fail solved

recruitment/forms.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ from .models import (
     Participants,
     Message,
     Person,
-    Document
+    Document,
+    CustomUser
 )
 
 # from django_summernote.widgets import SummernoteWidget
@@ -1028,17 +1029,20 @@ class HiringAgencyForm(forms.ModelForm):
                 raise ValidationError("Please enter a valid email address.")
 
             # Check uniqueness (optional - remove if multiple agencies can have same email)
-            instance = self.instance
-            if not instance.pk:  # Creating new instance
-                if HiringAgency.objects.filter(email=email).exists():
-                    raise ValidationError("An agency with this email already exists.")
-            else:  # Editing existing instance
-                if (
-                    HiringAgency.objects.filter(email=email)
-                    .exclude(pk=instance.pk)
-                    .exists()
-                ):
-                    raise ValidationError("An agency with this email already exists.")
+            # instance = self.instance
+            email = email.lower().strip()
+            if CustomUser.objects.filter(email=email).exists():
+                raise ValidationError("This email is already associated with a user account.")
+            # if not instance.pk:  # Creating new instance
+            #     if HiringAgency.objects.filter(email=email).exists():
+            #         raise ValidationError("An agency with this email already exists.")
+            # else:  # Editing existing instance
+            #     if (
+            #         HiringAgency.objects.filter(email=email)
+            #         .exclude(pk=instance.pk)
+            #         .exists()
+            #     ):
+            #         raise ValidationError("An agency with this email already exists.")
         return email.lower().strip() if email else email
 
     def clean_phone(self):

recruitment/views.py

@@ -3313,6 +3313,7 @@ def agency_create(request):
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = HiringAgencyForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
+
             agency = form.save()
             messages.success(request, f'Agency "{agency.name}" created successfully!')
             return redirect("agency_detail", slug=agency.slug)