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4048	mysql introspection doesn't handle CHAR(n) fields	Bill Fenner <fenner@…>	Adrian Holovaty	"I have a legacy table that has columns like

{{{
CREATE TABLE `foo_info` (
  `foo_tag` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `record_type` char(8) default NULL,
  `name_prefix` char(10) default NULL,
  `first_name` char(20) default NULL,
...
}}}

note: CHAR, not VARCHAR.

""python manage.py inspectdb"" turns these into TextFields since it doesn't know any better.  They work much better as CharFields; the attached diff makes that happen.

"		closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	0.96		fixed	mysql inspectdb		Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0