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Python Using PythonAnywhere’s MySQL

BRIAN WEBER
BRIAN WEBER
21,570 Points

django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1067, "Invalid default value for 'age'") - Deploying Pug or Ugh API App

I run this command python manage.py migrate --settings=backend.deploy_settings then I get the following error when trying to migrate over to a MySQL database:

django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1067, "Invalid default value for 'age'")

Here is my Dog model in the models.py file:

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
from django.db.models.signals import post_save


class Dog(models.Model):
    """Dog model class."""
    GENDER_CHOICES = (
        ('m', 'male'),
        ('f', 'female'),
        ('u', 'unknown'),
    )
    SIZE_CHOICES = (
        ('s', 'small'),
        ('m', 'medium'),
        ('l', 'large'),
        ('xl', 'extra large'),
        ('u', 'unknown'),
    )

    name = models.CharField(max_length=255, default='Unknown name')
    image_filename = models.CharField(max_length=255, default='')
    breed = models.CharField(max_length=255, default='Unknown mix')
    age = models.IntegerField(default=1, blank=True, null=True)
    gender = models.CharField(
        max_length=1,
        choices=GENDER_CHOICES,
        default='Unknown gender'
    )
    size = models.CharField(
        max_length=2,
        choices=SIZE_CHOICES,
        default='Unknown size'
    )
    neutered = models.BooleanField(default=False)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.

Brian

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hmm, that's a weird error and I'm not sure why you're getting it. I'd remove the null=True on that field, though, since it won't ever be null (you have a default value).

On your gender and size fields, your default value is much longer than your max_length. Probably want to fix that.

BRIAN WEBER
BRIAN WEBER
21,570 Points

Good catch on the gender and size field max_length setting. I updated and pushed my changes to GitHub.

As for the error I am getting switching over to a MySQL database, I'll have to investigate further to see why I am getting a default value error for age.