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Fixed #35671 -- Clarified string-based fields behavior when null=False.

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@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ If ``True``, Django will store empty values as ``NULL`` in the database. Default
is ``False``.
Avoid using :attr:`~Field.null` on string-based fields such as
:class:`CharField` and :class:`TextField`. If a string-based field has
``null=True``, that means it has two possible values for "no data": ``NULL``,
and the empty string. In most cases, it's redundant to have two possible values
for "no data;" the Django convention is to use the empty string, not
``NULL``. One exception is when a :class:`CharField` has both ``unique=True``
and ``blank=True`` set. In this situation, ``null=True`` is required to avoid
unique constraint violations when saving multiple objects with blank values.
:class:`CharField` and :class:`TextField`. The Django convention is to use an
empty string, not ``NULL``, as the "no data" state for string-based fields. If a
string-based field has ``null=False``, empty strings can still be saved for "no
data". If a string-based field has ``null=True``, that means it has two possible
values for "no data": ``NULL``, and the empty string. In most cases, it's
redundant to have two possible values for "no data". One exception is when a
:class:`CharField` has both ``unique=True`` and ``blank=True`` set. In this
situation, ``null=True`` is required to avoid unique constraint violations when
saving multiple objects with blank values.
For both string-based and non-string-based fields, you will also need to
set ``blank=True`` if you wish to permit empty values in forms, as the