From 35ab2e018214479fa712d73f070198299ef670a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yash Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:38:31 +0530 Subject: Fixed #35731 -- Extended db_default docs. This added a missing db_default reference in docs/topics/db/models.txt, and added a reference to the DatabaseDefault object. --- docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/ref') diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index febb45108d..b2da1b519c 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ precedence when creating instances in Python code. ``db_default`` will still be set at the database level and will be used when inserting rows outside of the ORM or when adding a new field in a migration. +If a field has a ``db_default`` without a ``default`` set and no value is +assigned to the field, a ``DatabaseDefault`` object is returned as the field +value on unsaved model instances. The actual value for the field is determined +by the database when the model instance is saved. + ``db_index`` ------------ -- cgit v1.3