Index: regressiontests/model_regress/models.py
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--- regressiontests/model_regress/models.py	(revision 8231)
+++ regressiontests/model_regress/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 class Event(models.Model):
     when = models.DateTimeField()
 
+# #7789
+class Julian(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True)
+
+class Julian2(models.Model):
+    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
+    
 __test__ = {'API_TESTS': """
 (NOTE: Part of the regression test here is merely parsing the model
 declaration. The verbose_name, in particular, did not always work.)
@@ -87,5 +94,16 @@
 datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 13, 1, 1)
 >>> e.get_previous_by_when().when
 datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1)
+
+
+# #7789 MySQL case-insensitive unique constraints
+>>> Julian.objects.get_or_create(name='Julian')[1]
+True
+>>> Julian.objects.get_or_create(name='julian')[1]
+True
+>>> Julian2.objects.get_or_create(slug='Julian')[1]
+True
+>>> Julian2.objects.get_or_create(slug='julian')[1]
+True
 """
 }