I have this field:
foo = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
I would like to modify it to use TransactionNow instead:
foo = models.DateTimeField(default=TransactionNow())
This migration operation is generated:
migrations.AlterField(
model_name='somemodel',
name='foo',
field=models.DateTimeField(default=django.contrib.postgres.functions.TransactionNow()),
),
When run, this error is thrown:
File "./manage.py", line 29, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "django/core/management/base.py", line 316, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "django/core/management/base.py", line 353, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "django/core/management/base.py", line 83, in wrapped
res = handle_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 203, in handle
fake_initial=fake_initial,
File "django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 117, in migrate
state = self._migrate_all_forwards(state, plan, full_plan, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial)
File "django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 147, in _migrate_all_forwards
state = self.apply_migration(state, migration, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial)
File "django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 244, in apply_migration
state = migration.apply(state, schema_editor)
File "django/db/migrations/migration.py", line 124, in apply
operation.database_forwards(self.app_label, schema_editor, old_state, project_state)
File "django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py", line 216, in database_forwards
schema_editor.alter_field(from_model, from_field, to_field)
File "django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 523, in alter_field
old_db_params, new_db_params, strict)
File "django/db/backends/postgresql/schema.py", line 122, in _alter_field
new_db_params, strict,
File "django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 626, in _alter_field
old_default = self.effective_default(old_field)
File "django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 239, in effective_default
return field.get_db_prep_save(default, self.connection)
File "django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 790, in get_db_prep_save
return self.get_db_prep_value(value, connection=connection, prepared=False)
File "django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 1429, in get_db_prep_value
value = self.get_prep_value(value)
File "django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 1408, in get_prep_value
value = super().get_prep_value(value)
File "django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 1268, in get_prep_value
return self.to_python(value)
File "django/db/models/fields/__init__.py", line 1369, in to_python
parsed = parse_datetime(value)
File "django/utils/dateparse.py", line 106, in parse_datetime
match = datetime_re.match(value)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object
If I create the field foo from scratch, with an AddField operation instead of AlterField, it works as expected.
I should be able to modify a field to use TransactionNow() as a default.
Datebase level defaults are not supported yet, see #470.