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Database Functions
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.. module:: django.db.models.functions
:synopsis: Database Functions
.. versionadded:: 1.8
The classes documented below provide a way for users to use functions provided
by the underlying database as annotations, aggregations, or filters in Django.
Functions are also :doc:`expressions <expressions>`, so they can be used and
combined with other expressions like :ref:`aggregate functions
<aggregation-functions>`.
We'll be using the following model in examples of each function::
class Author(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
age = models.PositiveIntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
alias = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True)
goes_by = models.CharField(max_length=50, null=True, blank=True)
We don't usually recommend allowing ``null=True`` for ``CharField`` since this
allows the field to have two "empty values", but it's important for the
``Coalesce`` example below.
Coalesce
--------
.. class:: Coalesce(*expressions, **extra)
Accepts a list of at least two field names or expressions and returns the
first non-null value (note that an empty string is not considered a null
value). Each argument must be of a similar type, so mixing text and numbers
will result in a database error.
Usage examples::
>>> # Get a screen name from least to most public
>>> from django.db.models import Sum, Value as V
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith', goes_by='Maggie')
>>> author = Author.objects.annotate(
... screen_name=Coalesce('alias', 'goes_by', 'name')).get()
>>> print(author.screen_name)
Maggie
>>> # Prevent an aggregate Sum() from returning None
>>> aggregated = Author.objects.aggregate(
... combined_age=Coalesce(Sum('age'), V(0)),
... combined_age_default=Sum('age'))
>>> print(aggregated['combined_age'])
0
>>> print(aggregated['combined_age_default'])
None
Concat
------
.. class:: Concat(*expressions, **extra)
Accepts a list of at least two text fields or expressions and returns the
concatenated text. Each argument must be of a text or char type. If you want
to concatenate a ``TextField()`` with a ``CharField()``, then be sure to tell
Django that the ``output_field`` should be a ``TextField()``. This is also
required when concatenating a ``Value`` as in the example below.
This function will never have a null result. On backends where a null argument
results in the entire expression being null, Django will ensure that each null
part is converted to an empty string first.
Usage example::
>>> # Get the display name as "name (goes_by)"
>>> from django.db.models import CharField, Value as V
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Concat
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith', goes_by='Maggie')
>>> author = Author.objects.annotate(
... screen_name=Concat('name', V(' ('), 'goes_by', V(')'),
... output_field=CharField())).get()
>>> print(author.screen_name)
Margaret Smith (Maggie)
Length
------
.. class:: Length(expression, **extra)
Accepts a single text field or expression and returns the number of characters
the value has. If the expression is null, then the length will also be null.
Usage example::
>>> # Get the length of the name and goes_by fields
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Length
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith')
>>> author = Author.objects.annotate(
... name_length=Length('name'),
... goes_by_length=Length('goes_by')).get()
>>> print(author.name_length, author.goes_by_length)
(14, None)
Lower
------
.. class:: Lower(expression, **extra)
Accepts a single text field or expression and returns the lowercase
representation.
Usage example::
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Lower
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith')
>>> author = Author.objects.annotate(name_lower=Lower('name')).get()
>>> print(author.name_lower)
margaret smith
Substr
------
.. class:: Substr(expression, pos, length=None, **extra)
Returns a substring of length ``length`` from the field or expression starting
at position ``pos``. The position is 1-indexed, so the position must be greater
than 0. If ``length`` is ``None``, then the rest of the string will be returned.
Usage example::
>>> # Set the alias to the first 5 characters of the name as lowercase
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Substr, Lower
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith')
>>> Author.objects.update(alias=Lower(Substr('name', 1, 5)))
1
>>> print(Author.objects.get(name='Margaret Smith').alias)
marga
Upper
------
.. class:: Upper(expression, **extra)
Accepts a single text field or expression and returns the uppercase
representation.
Usage example::
>>> from django.db.models.functions import Upper
>>> Author.objects.create(name='Margaret Smith')
>>> author = Author.objects.annotate(name_upper=Upper('name')).get()
>>> print(author.name_upper)
MARGARET SMITH