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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
