From 4edc801d5912b2c31855647b432e461e35322511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Tibold <marko@tibold.nl>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:42:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reproduces #421

---
 rest_framework/tests/serializer.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index 059593a90..a51df1465 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ class ValidationTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(serializer.is_valid(), True)
         self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {})
 
+    def test_modelserializer_max_length_exceeded(self):
+        data = {
+            'title': 'x' * 201,
+        }
+        serializer = ActionItemSerializer(data=data)
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.is_valid(), False)
+        self.assertEquals(serializer.errors, {'content': [u'Ensure this value has at most 200 characters (it has 201).']})
+
 
 class MetadataTests(TestCase):
     def test_empty(self):