from django.db import models from .base import IsolatedModelsTestCase class CustomFieldTest(IsolatedModelsTestCase): def test_none_column(self): class NoColumnField(models.AutoField): def db_type(self, connection): # None indicates not to create a column in the database. return None class Model(models.Model): field = NoColumnField(primary_key=True, db_column="other_field") other_field = models.IntegerField() field = Model._meta.get_field('field') errors = field.check() self.assertEqual(errors, [])