Changeset 5276

Timestamp:

05/17/07 11:06:01 (1 year ago)

Author:

bouldersprinters

Message:

boulder-oracle-sprint: Added documentation for the db_tablespace options and Oracle coercion of the null option.

Files:

• django/branches/boulder-oracle-sprint/docs/model-api.txt (modified) (4 diffs)

django/branches/boulder-oracle-sprint/docs/model-api.txt

@@ -457 +457 @@
-string, not ``NULL``.
-
+Due to database limitations when using the Oracle backend, the ``null=True``
+option will be coerced for string-based fields, and the value ``NULL`` will
+be stored to denote the empty string.
+
-``blank``
-~~~~~~~~~
@@ -550 +554 @@
-If ``True``, ``django-admin.py sqlindexes`` will output a ``CREATE INDEX``
-statement for this field.
+
+``db_tablespace``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If this field is indexed, the name of the database tablespace to use for the
+index. The default is the ``db_tablespace`` of the model, if any. If the
+backend doesn't support tablespaces, this option is ignored.
-
-``default``
@@ -744 +755 @@
-                             the `Database API reference`_) that limit the
-                             available admin choices for this object. Use this
- 
+
-                             to limit choices of objects by date. For example::
-
@@ -960 +971 @@
-that aren't allowed in Python variable names -- notably, the hyphen --
-that's OK. Django quotes column and table names behind the scenes.
+
+``db_tablespace``
+-----------------
+
+The name of the database tablespace to use for the model. If the backend
+doesn't support tablespaces, this option is ignored.
-
-``get_latest_by``