Update_or_create do not update / create objects

I found out that django 1.7 now supports update_or_create () method on queryset. But when I try, it doesn't work. When I try to do this, no object is created.

models.py

 class Model1(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    status = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True)

 class Model2(models.Model)
    model = models.ForeignKey(Model1, null=True, blank=True) 
    field1 = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    field2 = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True)

      

views.py

 def ModelUpdate(request)
     model1 = get_object_or_404(Model1, pk=request.POST['lid'])
     model1.status =2
     model1.save()

     #based on the model1, we want to create or update model2 
     datadict ={'field1' : 1, 'field2':2,}
     model2, created = Model2.objects.update_or_create(model=model1,
                                                       defaults=datadict) 
     if created:
         print('model2 obj created') #for checking purpose
    else: 
         print('model2 obj not created')

    return render(request,'updated.html', {'update':'updated'})

      

I see the message model2 obj, but the object was not saved to the database. What could be the problem?

UPDATE

It turns out that it was my mistake. In Model2 I defined a save method without returning super(Model2, self).save(*args, **kwargs)


So it did not save the objects.

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Perhaps you are checking wrong, because I created a project with your models and everything works fine. In my case, I check that the object was created / updated with objects.get()

and the print value:

In [1]: from app1 import models

In [2]: m1 = models.Model1.objects.create(name=1, status=1)

In [3]: m1
Out[3]: <Model1: Model1 object>

In [4]: datadict ={'field1' : 1, 'field2':2,}

In [6]: model2, created = models.Model2.objects.update_or_create(model=m1, defaults=datadict)

In [7]: model2, created
Out[7]: (<Model2: Model2 object>, True)

In [8]: models.Model2.objects.get().field1, models.Model2.objects.get().field2
Out[8]: (u'1', u'2')

In [9]: datadict ={'field1' : 3, 'field2':4}

In [10]: model2, created = models.Model2.objects.update_or_create(model=m1, defaults=datadict)

In [11]: model2, created
Out[11]: (<Model2: Model2 object>, False)

In [12]: models.Model2.objects.get().field1, models.Model2.objects.get().field2
Out[12]: (u'3', u'4')

      



and

In [13]: models.Model2.objects.get().model.id
Out[13]: 1

In [14]: models.Model1.objects.get().id
Out[14]: 1

      

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