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23676	FileField documentation is confusing about database column representation	Jon Dufresne	nobody	"The documentation for the model field `FileField` contains the following line:

> By default, FileField instances are created as varchar(100) columns in your database.

Personally I find the intent of this sentence confusing. The phrase ""by default"", leads me to believe this is something I can modify. Yet, I find no documentation on how to modify this. I was looking for a way to modify the `FileField` to be represented as a FK to a custom `FileMetadata` model. This gave me hope that it was possible. Upon looking for more documentation and looking at the source, I did not find any clear guidance on how to approach this.

It seems this should be more of a direct statement by dropping ""by default"":

> FileField instances are created as varchar(100) columns in your database.

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