Troubleshooting "Error: Unable to serialize database:" when performing dumpdata

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For some reason today I cannot dump my database using python manage.py dumpdata or from a link that can download the mysql file.

I tried to use python manage.py dumpdata --traceback and here is the information I have.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 220, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/dumpdata.py", line 114, in handle
    use_natural_keys=use_natural_keys)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/__init__.py", line 91, in serialize
    s.serialize(queryset, **options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/base.py", line 48, in serialize
    self.handle_fk_field(obj, field)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/serializers/python.py", line 48, in handle_fk_field
    related = getattr(obj, field.name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/related.py", line 301, in __get__
    raise self.field.rel.to.DoesNotExist
django.contrib.auth.models.DoesNotExist

It says django.contrib.auth.models.DoesNotExist. I wonder if it has something to do with a Foreign key or something.

models.py

class Client(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length = 40)
    telephone = models.CharField(max_length = 20)
    website = models.URLField(verify_exists = False)
    fax = models.CharField(max_length = 20)
    email = models.EmailField()
    is_active = models.BooleanField()
    user  = models.ForeignKey(User)
    datetime = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now)
    note = models.TextField()
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

From my models.py, the field user, datetime and note were added recently. Now if for a client, any of these fields do not have a value i.e. blank, I will get the error Unable to serialize database.

When I have looked up user, dateime and note in mysql. The table for Client shows user_id, datetime and note to have Null values (which is what I want). Why does it not allow Null values?

+-----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field     | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
+-----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| id        | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment | 
| name      | varchar(40)  | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| telephone | varchar(20)  | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| website   | varchar(200) | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| fax       | varchar(20)  | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| email     | varchar(75)  | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| is_active | tinyint(1)   | NO   |     | NULL    |                | 
| user_id   | int(11)      | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                | 
| datetime  | datetime     | YES  |     | NULL    |                | 
| note      | longtext     | YES  |     | NULL    |                | 
+-----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
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