No override needed in notifications.py
The only downside is that the ?s=0 parameter will still be appended
but is not handled in list(). The right solution would be to update
list() so that it does say "Message Sent" or such, to give the user
an indication that their message was sent succesfully.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseValidation
class DatabaseValidation(BaseDatabaseValidation):
def validate_field(self, errors, opts, f):
"Prior to MySQL 5.0.3, character fields could not exceed 255 characters"
from django.db import models
from django.db import connection
db_version = connection.get_server_version()
if db_version < (5, 0, 3) and isinstance(f, (models.CharField, models.CommaSeparatedIntegerField, models.SlugField)) and f.max_length > 255:
errors.add(opts,
'"%s": %s cannot have a "max_length" greater than 255 when you are using a version of MySQL prior to 5.0.3 (you are using %s).' %
(f.name, f.__class__.__name__, '.'.join([str(n) for n in db_version[:3]])))