Django models `EmailField` default is empty string - Not `None` (or Null) . Why ?

[Carlos Leite]

Yesterday I realized that, Django email field default value is not "Null" actually is an empty string ("")  - Although I'm not code often, I was surprised.

I wrote some tests for a model where an  `emailfield` was supposed to be `null=False`.

But during the tests, it didn't raise an Exception (when persist on DB). Or for a ModelForm `is_valid` in fact was True.

I did some (not a lot) research, and it seems the default value for an empty value for EmailField is ""

Isn't it counter productive? (at least for me, it was)

I believe, the empty value,  is a special case for a Model Field

and I couldn't find any  information on docs. (I told I did SOME research)

I did check https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/models/fields/#emailfield

Please let me know my expectations make sense, I'll do my best for help,

if not, I know its not the place for "help", just tell me I'm wrong.

Thanks everyone.

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[Aymeric Augustin]

Hello,

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.Field.null should clarify the situation.

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