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| -rw-r--r-- | django/db/models/base.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py index 064dc8fdec..1a0de4c827 100644 --- a/django/db/models/base.py +++ b/django/db/models/base.py @@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ class Model(object): # First, try an UPDATE. If that doesn't update anything, do an INSERT. pk_val = self._get_pk_val() - pk_set = pk_val is not None + # Note: the comparison with '' is required for compatibility with + # oldforms-style model creation. + pk_set = pk_val is not None and pk_val != u'' record_exists = True if pk_set: # Determine whether a record with the primary key already exists. |