id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
6696	saving boolean field	imgrey	nobody	"Seems django behaves strange with boolean fields. Following is my observations.


code:

{{{
""""""
models.py:
class Thread(models.Model):
    closed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    def save(self):
	#...
	super(Thread, self).save()
""""""

import sys
sys.path.append('/home/grey/src/df')
from django.db import *
from board.models import Thread
thread = Thread.objects.all()[0]
print ""IN:"", thread.closed
thread.closed = not thread.closed
thread.save()
thread = Thread.objects.all()[0]
print ""OUT:"", thread.closed
}}}

outputs:
{{{
IN: True
OUT: True

IN: True
OUT: False

IN: False
OUT: False
}}}

detailed:
{{{
IN: True
[{'time': '0.002', 'sql': 'SELECT ""board_thread"".""id"",""board_thread"".""subject"",""board_thread"".""forum_id"",""board_thread"".""closed"",""board_thread"".""csticky"",""board_thread"".""gsticky"",""board_thread"".""slug"" FROM ""board_thread"" LIMIT 1 '}, {'time': '0.026', 'sql': 'SELECT 1 FROM ""board_thread"" WHERE ""id""=2'}, {'time': '0.011', 'sql': 'UPDATE ""board_thread"" SET ""subject""=\'mmnbmnbmnbmnbmnb\',""forum_id""=1,""closed""=false,""csticky""=false,""gsticky""=false,""slug""=\'mmnbmnbmnbmnbmnb\' WHERE ""id""=2'}]
OUT: True
[{'time': '0.002', 'sql': 'SELECT ""board_thread"".""id"",""board_thread"".""subject"",""board_thread"".""forum_id"",""board_thread"".""closed"",""board_thread"".""csticky"",""board_thread"".""gsticky"",""board_thread"".""slug"" FROM ""board_thread"" LIMIT 1 '}, {'time': '0.026', 'sql': 'SELECT 1 FROM ""board_thread"" WHERE ""id""=2'}, {'time': '0.011', 'sql': 'UPDATE ""board_thread"" SET ""subject""=\'mmnbmnbmnbmnbmnb\',""forum_id""=1,""closed""=false,""csticky""=false,""gsticky""=false,""slug""=\'mmnbmnbmnbmnbmnb\' WHERE ""id""=2'}, {'time': '0.001', 'sql': 'SELECT ""board_thread"".""id"",""board_thread"".""subject"",""board_thread"".""forum_id"",""board_thread"".""closed"",""board_thread"".""csticky"",""board_thread"".""gsticky"",""board_thread"".""slug"" FROM ""board_thread"" LIMIT 1 '}]
}}}

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