From 03f801c7ffb7e74fc12690ede9468769f92f2f68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Strachan <ian@ianstrachan.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:37:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Failing unit test for issue #324

---
 rest_framework/tests/models.py     |  4 ++++
 rest_framework/tests/serializer.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/models.py b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
index 0ee18c697..453dfc2cb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/models.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/models.py
@@ -111,3 +111,7 @@ class BlogPost(RESTFrameworkModel):
 class BlogPostComment(RESTFrameworkModel):
     text = models.TextField()
     blog_post = models.ForeignKey(BlogPost)
+
+# Model for issue #324
+class BlankFieldModel(RESTFrameworkModel):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index 67c97f0ff..afb7f3dbc 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -436,3 +436,19 @@ class ManyRelatedTests(TestCase):
         }
 
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+
+# Test for issue #324
+class BlankFieldTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        class BlankFieldModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+             class Meta:
+                model = BlankFieldModel
+
+        self.serializer_class = BlankFieldModelSerializer
+
+    def test_create_blank_field(self):
+        data = {'title': ''}
+        serializer = self.serializer_class(data)
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.is_valid(), True)