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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/4.2.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index d460e81ef4..4fb39fde82 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -617,9 +617,11 @@ The default form widget for this field is a :class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. .. attribute:: CharField.max_length - Required. The maximum length (in characters) of the field. The max_length + The maximum length (in characters) of the field. The ``max_length`` is enforced at the database level and in Django's validation using - :class:`~django.core.validators.MaxLengthValidator`. + :class:`~django.core.validators.MaxLengthValidator`. It's required for all + database backends included with Django except PostgreSQL, which supports + unlimited ``VARCHAR`` columns. .. note:: @@ -628,6 +630,10 @@ The default form widget for this field is a :class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. ``max_length`` for some backends. Refer to the :doc:`database backend notes </ref/databases>` for details. + .. versionchanged:: 4.2 + + Support for unlimited ``VARCHAR`` columns was added on PostgreSQL. + .. attribute:: CharField.db_collation Optional. The database collation name of the field. diff --git a/docs/releases/4.2.txt b/docs/releases/4.2.txt index 90fdf9bd1b..755ebcb717 100644 --- a/docs/releases/4.2.txt +++ b/docs/releases/4.2.txt @@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ Models :meth:`~.RelatedManager.aclear`, :meth:`~.RelatedManager.aremove`, and :meth:`~.RelatedManager.aset`. +* :attr:`CharField.max_length <django.db.models.CharField.max_length>` is no + longer required to be set on PostgreSQL, which supports unlimited ``VARCHAR`` + columns. + Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |