Fixed #231: all fields that should take max_length now do. Thanks, Don Spaulding.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6378 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt
index adb9cfceb1..2f40abd3a9 100644
--- a/docs/model-api.txt
+++ b/docs/model-api.txt
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ visiting its URL on your site. Don't allow that.
 
 .. _`strftime formatting`: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html#l2h-1941
 
+**New in development version:**
+
+By default, file fields are created as ``varchar(100)`` database fields. Like
+other fields, you can change the maximum length using the ``max_length``
+argument.
+
 ``FilePathField``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -330,6 +336,12 @@ not the full path. So, this example::
 because the ``match`` applies to the base filename (``foo.gif`` and
 ``bar.gif``).
 
+**New in development version:** 
+
+By default, file fields are created as ``varchar(100)`` database fields. Like
+other fields, you can change the maximum length using the ``max_length``
+argument.
+
 ``FloatField``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -361,6 +373,12 @@ Requires the `Python Imaging Library`_.
 .. _Python Imaging Library: http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
 .. _elsewhere: ../db-api/#get-foo-height-and-get-foo-width
 
+**New in development version:** 
+
+By default, file fields are created as ``varchar(100)`` database fields. Like
+other fields, you can change the maximum length using the ``max_length``
+argument.
+
 ``IntegerField``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~