sqlite math functions don't accept character fields as input

[Zachary Croker]

We have a view that performs some trig calculations. It works when testing in MySQL, but fails when using sqlite.

I have overridden the "RADIANS" function implementation from django in our conftest.py file. Details not that important, but essentially is this:

connection.create_function("RADIANS", 1, lambda x: math.radians(float(x)) if x is not None else None)

The issue is, there is a lat/lon field in our database, which is stored as a CharField (we can debate that decision later...), so when it gets passed into the _sqlite_radians function the test fails as it is invalid input. I think that these functions should be able to take in string values.

I have started a PR but thought before I submit it I should see if it is a 'genuine' bug or a decision not to support this field.