Question

I’m currently using Django 1.2.4 and MySQL 5.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. The model is:

# project/cream/models.py

class IceCream(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    code = models.CharField(max_length=5)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'%s - %s' % (self.code, self.name)

The fixtures data in a project/cream/fixtures/data.yaml file is:

- model: cream.icecream
  pk: 1
  fields:
    name: Strawberry
    code: ST
- model: cream.icecream
  pk: 2
  fields:
    name: Noir Chocolat
    code: NO

From the project folder, I invoke the command:

python manage.py loaddata cream/fixtures/data.yaml

The data is successfully loaded in the database but they look like the following:

False - Noir Chocolat
ST - Strawberry

Notice how the first entry is False instead of NO. Does anyone know how to fix this issue in my fixtures?

Answer 1

NO is treated as False because PyYaml implicitly detects that as a boolean value, as seen in resolver.py. If you want it to be the actual string “NO”, try putting it in quotes ("").