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27676	MariaDB 10.2 supports defaults for text columns	Adam Johnson	Adam Johnson	"Django has workaround code for MySQL's deficiency not supporting DEFAULT for TEXT, BLOB, and JSON columns, but MariaDB 10.2 fixes this ( see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/what-is-mariadb-102/: ""BLOB and TEXT fields can now have a DEFAULT value."" ).

Django should allow DEFAULT for these columns when on MariaDB 10.2+."	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	fixed		me@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0