Does the system not allows null values for old users?

The property "notnull=False" is standard in the creation of the
fields.

On 19 out, 20:09, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote:
> Starting from a fresh sqlite database, I am attempting to import 3k+ records
> from a custom csv file (not one generated by web2py)
>
> Each row, I validate the input from the file before insertion to the
> database. If I have incorrect input I throw an exception, basically passing
> the row from being inserted to the database.
>
>            email = row['Email'].lower()
>
>            email, error = IS_EMAIL()(email)
>
>             if error and email != "":
>                 email = ""
>
>             email, error = IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, 'participant.email')(email)
>
>             if error and email != "":
>                 raise Exception('Duplicated Email!!! {{{%s}}}' %
> row['Email'])
>
> At the end, i go db.user.insert(email=email, name=name, etc=etc)
>
> The problem I am having, is email in the database declaration has
> unique=True, and is triggering an exception when there is no email.
>
> New users to this system will always have an email, and it will always be
> unique, but unfortunately, old users may not have emails, but must still
> remain in the system until they give an email.
>
> Is the only solution to this problem not setting the Field to unique?
>
> -Thadeus
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