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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 6d4e1663bf..395abd90dd 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ required for full MySQL support in Django. 1.2.1p2 or newer, then delete the ``sets.py`` file in the MySQLdb directory that was left by an earlier version. +.. note:: + There are known issues with the way MySQLdb converts date strings into + datetime objects. Specifically, date strings with value 0000-00-00 are valid for + MySQL but will be converted into None by MySQLdb. + + This means you should be careful while using loaddata/dumpdata with rows + that may have 0000-00-00 values, as they will be converted to None. + .. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python Creating your database |