How to specify a default value for Django's TextField in South?

Question

I added a TextField to a model whose corresponding table had already been created in the database. As I ran South, I got the following message:

Since you are adding this field, you MUST specify a default value to use for existing rows. Would you like to: 1. Quit now, and add a default to the field in models.py 2. Specify a one-off value to use for existing columns now

I selected choice 2) and gave it a default string value. But no matter what string values I gave, it just responded "Invalid Choice".

Am I doing anything wrong in specifying a default value for TextField in South? Or is this a bug?

Thanks.

Answer 1

It seems the only time when South says "Invalid choice" is when it asks to choose option 1. or 2. and you enter invalid number.