Django Error -django.db.utils.DataError: value too long for type character varying(1)

Question

I have been trying to do this data migration and i keep getting this error django.db.utils.DataError: value too long for type character varying(1)

My goal is to add a row to the User table here is the migration file I have written, but I cannot find the model that has a max_length of 1

# Generated by Django 2.2.7 on 2019-12-13 14:52

from django.db import migrations



class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('shared', '0001_initial'),
    ]

    def doit(apps, schema_editor):
        Tuser = apps.get_model('shared', 'User')
        nice = Tuser(user_id=True, first_name='Tom', last_name='Beals', membership= 'Di')
        nice.save()


    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(doit),
    ]

here is my models.py file. (the model I referencing is the last one)

from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
class Games(models.Model):

    game_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    game_name=models.CharField(max_length=15)
    game_odds=models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)

class GameAccount(models.Model):

    game_account_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)

class Deck(models.Model):
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/deckOfCards/')
    suit = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    rank = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    worth = models.IntegerField()



class Dice(models.Model):
    image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/dieFace/')
    side = models.IntegerField
class Rooms(models.Model):

    BED_CHOICES=[
        ('S', 'Single'),
        ('D', 'Double'),
        ('Q', 'Queen'),
        ('K', 'King'),
    ]
    FLOOR_CHOICES = [
        ('1', 'First'),
        ('2', 'Second'),
        ('3', 'Third'),
        ('4', 'Fourth'),
    ]

    room_num=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    room_price=models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)
    room_bed=models.CharField(max_length=30, choices=BED_CHOICES)
    room_floor=models.CharField(max_length=30, choices=FLOOR_CHOICES)
class UserAuth(models.Model):

    user_auth_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    user_username=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    user_pass=models.CharField(max_length=12)


class UserHistory(models.Model):

    user_history_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    previous_account_balance=models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)
    average_user_stay=models.DateTimeField()

class UserAccount(models.Model):

    user_account_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    user_account_alias=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    user_account_balance=models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)
    user_account_image=models.ImageField(upload_to='images/userAccountImage/')

class UserResortConfig(models.Model):

    user_resort_config_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    is_return_user=models.BooleanField()

class UserResortData(models.Model):

    user_resort_data_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    is_resort_guest=models.BooleanField()
    length=models.IntegerField()
    start_date=models.DateTimeField()
    end_date=models.DateTimeField()
    is_extended=models.BooleanField()
    extended_start_date=models.DateTimeField()
    extended_end_date=models.DateTimeField()

class UserGamingData(models.Model):

    user_gaming_data_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    win=models.IntegerField()
    loss=models.IntegerField()
    kd=models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2)
    debt=models.IntegerField()
    owed=models.IntegerField()

class UserGamingConfig(models.Model):

    user_gaming_config_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    dealer=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    table_color=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    charm=models.CharField(max_length=30)

class User(models.Model):

    MEMBERSHIP_CHOICES = [
        ('Br', 'Bronze'),
        ('Ag', 'Silver'),
        ('Au', 'Gold'),
        ('Di', 'Diamond')
    ]
    user_id=models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    first_name=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    last_name=models.CharField(max_length=30)
    membership=models.CharField(max_length=30, choices=MEMBERSHIP_CHOICES)
    fk_gaming_data=models.ForeignKey(UserGamingData, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_gaming_config=models.ForeignKey(UserGamingConfig, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_resort_data=models.ForeignKey(UserResortData, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_resort_config=models.ForeignKey(UserResortConfig, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_account=models.ForeignKey(UserAccount, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_history=models.ForeignKey(UserHistory, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    fk_auth=models.ForeignKey(UserAuth, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

I cannot seem to find anyone else online who has had the exact same error message if anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it

here is the entire output from the terminal

Operations to perform:
  Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, gaming, resort, sessions, shared
Running migrations:
  Applying shared.0002_auto_20191213_0952...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
psycopg2.errors.StringDataRightTruncation: value too long for type character varying(1)


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./manage.py", line 21, in <module>
    main()
  File "./manage.py", line 17, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 375, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 323, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 364, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 83, in wrapped
    res = handle_func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 232, in handle
    post_migrate_state = executor.migrate(
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 117, in migrate
    state = self._migrate_all_forwards(state, plan, full_plan, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 147, in _migrate_all_forwards
    state = self.apply_migration(state, migration, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 245, in apply_migration
    state = migration.apply(state, schema_editor)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/migrations/migration.py", line 124, in apply
    operation.database_forwards(self.app_label, schema_editor, old_state, project_state)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/migrations/operations/special.py", line 190, in database_forwards
    self.code(from_state.apps, schema_editor)
  File "/home/tabeals/code/resort_and_casino/shared/migrations/0002_auto_20191213_0952.py", line 16, in doit
    nice.save()
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 740, in save
    self.save_base(using=using, force_insert=force_insert,
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 777, in save_base
    updated = self._save_table(
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 850, in _save_table
    updated = self._do_update(base_qs, using, pk_val, values, update_fields,
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 900, in _do_update
    return filtered._update(values) > 0
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 760, in _update
    return query.get_compiler(self.db).execute_sql(CURSOR)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1429, in execute_sql
    cursor = super().execute_sql(result_type)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1100, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 99, in execute
    return super().execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 67, in execute
    return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False, executor=self._execute)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 76, in _execute_with_wrappers
    return executor(sql, params, many, context)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 89, in __exit__
    raise dj_exc_value.with_traceback(traceback) from exc_value
  File "/home/tabeals/.virtualenvs/resort_and_casino/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
django.db.utils.DataError: value too long for type character varying(1)

> this is my attempt to use the solution given by Alexandr Shurigin

from django.apps import apps
Tuser = apps.get_model('shared', 'User')
for field in Tuser._meta.get_fields():
     print([field.name, getattr(field, 'max_length', 'Not 
   Supported'), type(field)])

['user_id', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.AutoField'>]
['first_name', 30, <class 'django.db.models.fields.CharField'>]
['last_name', 30, <class 'django.db.models.fields.CharField'>]
['membership', 30, <class 'django.db.models.fields.CharField'>]
['fk_gaming_data', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_gaming_config', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_resort_data', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_resort_config', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_account', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_history', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]
['fk_auth', None, <class 'django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey'>]```

Answer 1

I believe that's because you are trying to pass user_id=True to the User model. Try to remove this kwarg completely from the statement since user_id is AutoField, Django manages auto-fields automatically

Second debug iteration :)

Ok, then I am sure that you are trying to run sql on not-migrated data, like "incorrect dependencies" are declared for the migration.

apps.get_model() returns not CURRENT MODEL STATE, it returns fake MODEL class for the "database models schema which is declared in dependencies".

Try to list your model fields and their lengths & etc using this code.

    for field in Tuser._meta.get_fields():
        print([field.name, getattr(field, 'max_length', 'Not Supported'), type(field)])

I think this way you will be able to find the wrong field passed :) Or even see what is the field name which causes the error.