在模型中null=True和blank=True的含义还取决于这些字段在表单类中的定义方式。

假设你已经定义了以下类:

class Client (models.Model):
    name = models.CharField (max_length=100, blank=True)
    address = models.CharField (max_length=100, blank=False)

如果表单类是这样定义的:

class ClientForm (ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Client
        fields = ['name', 'address']
        widgets = {
            'name': forms.TextInput (attrs = {'class': 'form-control form-control-sm'}),
            'address': forms.TextInput (attrs = {'class': 'form-control form-control-sm'})
        }

然后，'name'字段将不是强制性的(由于模型中的空白=True)， 'address'字段将是强制性的(由于模型中的空白=False)。

然而，如果ClientForm类是这样定义的:

class ClientForm (ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Client
        fields = ['name', 'address']

    name = forms.CharField (
        widget = forms.TextInput (attrs = {'class': 'form-control form-control-sm'}),
    )
    address = forms.CharField (
        widget = forms.TextInput (attrs = {'class': 'form-control form-control-sm'}),
    )

然后，这两个字段('name'和'address')将是强制性的，“因为声明式定义的字段保持原样”(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/forms/modelforms/)，即表单字段的'required'属性的默认值为True，这将要求字段'name'和'address'被填充，即使在模型中，字段已被设置为blank=True。

根据文档，null真正与数据库相关。如果null=true, DB将null输入存储为null。否则，空字符串将被存储为空字符串。 然而，如果blank=true, form将验证它为ok，否则该字段将被form视为“必需”。

默认为false。

正如Django Model Field reference中所说:Link

Field options The following arguments are available to all field types. All are optional. null Field.null If True, Django will store empty values as NULL in the database. Default is False. Avoid using null on string-based fields such as CharField and TextField because empty string values will always be stored as empty strings, not as NULL. 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. 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 null parameter only affects database storage (see blank). Note When using the Oracle database backend, the value NULL will be stored to denote the empty string regardless of this attribute blank Field.blank If True, the field is allowed to be blank. Default is False. Note that this is different than null. null is purely database-related, whereas blank is validation-related. If a field has blank=True, form validation will allow entry of an empty value. If a field has blank=False, the field will be required.

这就是ORM在Django 1.8中映射空白和空字段的方法

class Test(models.Model):
    charNull        = models.CharField(max_length=10, null=True)
    charBlank       = models.CharField(max_length=10, blank=True)
    charNullBlank   = models.CharField(max_length=10, null=True, blank=True)

    intNull         = models.IntegerField(null=True)
    intBlank        = models.IntegerField(blank=True)
    intNullBlank    = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)

    dateNull        = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
    dateBlank       = models.DateTimeField(blank=True)
    dateNullBlank   = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)        

为PostgreSQL 9.4创建的数据库字段是:

CREATE TABLE Test (
  id              serial                    NOT NULL,

  "charNull"      character varying(10),
  "charBlank"     character varying(10)     NOT NULL,
  "charNullBlank" character varying(10),

  "intNull"       integer,
  "intBlank"      integer                   NOT NULL,
  "intNullBlank"  integer,

  "dateNull"      timestamp with time zone,
  "dateBlank"     timestamp with time zone  NOT NULL,
  "dateNullBlank" timestamp with time zone,
  CONSTRAINT Test_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
)

为MySQL 5.6创建的数据库字段是:

CREATE TABLE Test (
     `id`            INT(11)     NOT  NULL    AUTO_INCREMENT,

     `charNull`      VARCHAR(10) NULL DEFAULT NULL,
     `charBlank`     VARCHAR(10) NOT  NULL,
     `charNullBlank` VARCHAR(10) NULL DEFAULT NULL,

     `intNull`       INT(11)     NULL DEFAULT NULL,
     `intBlank`      INT(11)     NOT  NULL,
     `intNullBlank`  INT(11)     NULL DEFAULT NULL,

     `dateNull`      DATETIME    NULL DEFAULT NULL,
     `dateBlank`     DATETIME    NOT  NULL,
     `dateNullBlank` DATETIME    NULL DEFAULT NULL
)

下表显示了主要的区别:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Purpose                  | null=True        | blank = True         |
|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| Field can be empty in DB | Do this          | Unaffected           |
|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| ModelForm(required field)| Unaffected       | field not required   |
|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| Form Validation          | Unaffected       | field not required   |
|--------------------------|------------------|----------------------|
| on_delete=SET_NULL       | Need this        | Unaffected           |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

默认值为“null”和“blank”为“False”。

Null:与数据库相关。定义给定的数据库列是否接受空值。

Blank:这是验证相关的。它将在表单验证期间调用form.is_valid()时使用。

也就是说，有一个null=True和blank=False的字段是完全没问题的。意思是在数据库级别上，该字段可以为NULL，但在应用程序级别上，它是必需的字段。

现在，大多数开发人员都犯了错误:为基于字符串的字段(如CharField和TextField)定义null=True。避免这样做。否则，你最终会有两个可能的“无数据”值，即:None和一个空字符串。对于“无数据”有两个可能的值是多余的。Django的约定是使用空字符串，而不是NULL。