Setting null=True in the field definition and doing model.field = None doesn't do this?
If you create a gist or a paste with a sample code would help understand better. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Vlastimil Zíma <vlasti...@ziima.cz> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I know this was here before, but it is really a problem. We need (I > literally mean need, not just want) a simple way to store NULL in database > instead of ''. Using empty string has several serious consequences (in > databases which distinguishes between NULL and '', which are to my > knowledge all but oracle). > > * You can't make a model with unique optional field. Django admin will > let you store only one object without the value, because others with > conflict the unique constraint. > * It is useless to set NOT NULL constraints on text fields. Because > Django stores empty string as empty value, database will not complain about > invalid data and just stores the rubbish. > > I don't want to enforce anybody to use only NULL as empty value, I just > want Django to store NULL in database when I told it to. And I don't mean > the way of overriding all the form fields as I have to now. > > Regards, > Vlastimil > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/f6641177-63a2-4adc-8166-503305c8e6b7%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Elyézer Rezende http://elyezer.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAFsoaZvxLhUC59iLZVVxhWoWRw3k-SHJXYA_PiAA_H%3Drn-Keng%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
