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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/databases.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 8fbe4125c9..2dea337d2b 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -685,11 +685,11 @@ NULL and empty strings Django generally prefers to use the empty string ('') rather than NULL, but Oracle treats both identically. To get around this, the -Oracle backend coerces the ``null=True`` option on fields that have -the empty string as a possible value. When fetching from the database, -it is assumed that a NULL value in one of these fields really means -the empty string, and the data is silently converted to reflect this -assumption. +Oracle backend ignores an explicit ``null`` option on fields that +have the empty string as a possible value and generates DDL as if +``null=True``. When fetching from the database, it is assumed that +a ``NULL`` value in one of these fields really means the empty +string, and the data is silently converted to reflect this assumption. ``TextField`` limitations ------------------------- diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index d1f12ffc95..eab7ad91e1 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ string, not ``NULL``. .. note:: - When using the Oracle database backend, the ``null=True`` option will be - coerced for string-based fields that have the empty string as a possible - value, and the value ``NULL`` will be stored to denote the empty string. + When using the Oracle database backend, the value ``NULL`` will be stored to + denote the empty string regardless of this attribute. If you want to accept :attr:`~Field.null` values with :class:`BooleanField`, use :class:`NullBooleanField` instead. |