blank=True可以设置为任何模型字段，以控制在表单中输入值时该字段是否可以留空。这里，我们讨论的是输入数据。

null=True, if we set blank=True for a field, that model field does not receive any value, then the database or Django has to do something with that field when data is written into the database. For any kind of text content an empty string is stored in the database, so there is a value stored in the database. For other kinds of fields like date fields or numbers, we use the special data type "null". "null" can be used if a field potentially has no value, but by default, Django does not allow "null" values. That is why you need to explicitly set null=True.

假设你为任何非文本字段设置了blank=True，但你没有指定“null=True”，Django将不知道存储什么，它会抛出一个错误。

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           |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

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
)

Blank=False # this field is required.
Null=False # this field should not be null

Blank=True # this field is optional.
Null=True # Django uses empty string (''), not NULL.

注意: 避免在基于字符串的字段上使用null=True，例如CharField和TextField和FileField/ImageField。

参考:Django null, Django空白

简单的null=True定义了数据库应该接受null值，另一方面，空白=True定义了表单验证该字段应该接受空白值或不接受空白值(如果空白=True，则接受该字段中没有值的表单，空白=False[默认值]，则表单验证将显示此字段是必需的错误。

null=与数据库相关的True/False

blank=与表单验证相关的真/假

Null纯粹与数据库相关，而blank与验证相关。如果一个字段为blank=True, Django管理站点的验证将允许输入一个空值。如果一个字段有blank=False，该字段将是必需的