diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
index 66e3a110aa..081f750d93 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class SiteProfileNotAvailable(Exception):
     pass
 
 class PermissionManager(models.Manager):
-    def get_by_natural_key(self, codename, app_label, model):
-        return self.get(
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, codename, app_label, model, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS):
+        return self.using(using).get(
             codename=codename,
             content_type=ContentType.objects.get_by_natural_key(app_label, model)
         )
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 6ca9f08c73..e7dd14fbe7 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                 print "Installing %s fixture '%s' from %s." % \
                                     (format, fixture_name, humanize(fixture_dir))
                             try:
-                                objects = serializers.deserialize(format, fixture)
+                                objects = serializers.deserialize(format, fixture, using=using)
                                 for obj in objects:
                                     if obj.object._meta.app_label not in excluded_apps:
                                         objects_in_fixture += 1
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/__init__.py b/django/core/serializers/__init__.py
index 1a2eb4f6cc..32f135009c 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/__init__.py
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ except ImportError:
 _serializers = {}
 
 def register_serializer(format, serializer_module, serializers=None):
-    """"Register a new serializer. 
-    
+    """"Register a new serializer.
+
     ``serializer_module`` should be the fully qualified module name
     for the serializer.
-    
+
     If ``serializers`` is provided, the registration will be added
     to the provided dictionary.
-    
+
     If ``serializers`` is not provided, the registration will be made
     directly into the global register of serializers. Adding serializers
     directly is not a thread-safe operation.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def register_serializer(format, serializer_module, serializers=None):
         _serializers[format] = module
     else:
         serializers[format] = module
-        
+
 def unregister_serializer(format):
     "Unregister a given serializer. This is not a thread-safe operation."
     del _serializers[format]
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def serialize(format, queryset, **options):
     s.serialize(queryset, **options)
     return s.getvalue()
 
-def deserialize(format, stream_or_string):
+def deserialize(format, stream_or_string, **options):
     """
     Deserialize a stream or a string. Returns an iterator that yields ``(obj,
     m2m_relation_dict)``, where ``obj`` is a instantiated -- but *unsaved* --
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def deserialize(format, stream_or_string):
     list_of_related_objects}``.
     """
     d = get_deserializer(format)
-    return d(stream_or_string)
+    return d(stream_or_string, **options)
 
 def _load_serializers():
     """
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/json.py b/django/core/serializers/json.py
index d5872fefc3..27c7c30e5b 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/json.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/json.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def Deserializer(stream_or_string, **options):
         stream = StringIO(stream_or_string)
     else:
         stream = stream_or_string
-    for obj in PythonDeserializer(simplejson.load(stream)):
+    for obj in PythonDeserializer(simplejson.load(stream), **options):
         yield obj
 
 class DjangoJSONEncoder(simplejson.JSONEncoder):
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/python.py b/django/core/serializers/python.py
index c6c2457258..b29ae15c3c 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/python.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/python.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ other serializers.
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.serializers import base
-from django.db import models
+from django.db import models, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode, is_protected_type
 
 class Serializer(base.Serializer):
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
     It's expected that you pass the Python objects themselves (instead of a
     stream or a string) to the constructor
     """
+    db = options.pop('using', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
     models.get_apps()
     for d in object_list:
         # Look up the model and starting build a dict of data for it.
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
                 if hasattr(field.rel.to._default_manager, 'get_by_natural_key'):
                     def m2m_convert(value):
                         if hasattr(value, '__iter__'):
-                            return field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*value).pk
+                            return field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*value, **{'using':db}).pk
                         else:
                             return smart_unicode(field.rel.to._meta.pk.to_python(value))
                 else:
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ def Deserializer(object_list, **options):
                 if field_value is not None:
                     if hasattr(field.rel.to._default_manager, 'get_by_natural_key'):
                         if hasattr(field_value, '__iter__'):
-                            obj = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value)
+                            obj = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value, **{'using':db})
                             value = getattr(obj, field.rel.field_name)
                         else:
                             value = field.rel.to._meta.get_field(field.rel.field_name).to_python(field_value)
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/pyyaml.py b/django/core/serializers/pyyaml.py
index 7a302e615e..e136c88952 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/pyyaml.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/pyyaml.py
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ def Deserializer(stream_or_string, **options):
         stream = StringIO(stream_or_string)
     else:
         stream = stream_or_string
-    for obj in PythonDeserializer(yaml.load(stream)):
+    for obj in PythonDeserializer(yaml.load(stream), **options):
         yield obj
 
diff --git a/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py b/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
index 7e4f9a2eb8..0b808801f7 100644
--- a/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
+++ b/django/core/serializers/xml_serializer.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ XML serializer.
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.serializers import base
-from django.db import models
+from django.db import models, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.utils.xmlutils import SimplerXMLGenerator
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from xml.dom import pulldom
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class Deserializer(base.Deserializer):
     def __init__(self, stream_or_string, **options):
         super(Deserializer, self).__init__(stream_or_string, **options)
         self.event_stream = pulldom.parse(self.stream)
+        self.db = options.pop('using', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
 
     def next(self):
         for event, node in self.event_stream:
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ class Deserializer(base.Deserializer):
                 if keys:
                     # If there are 'natural' subelements, it must be a natural key
                     field_value = [getInnerText(k).strip() for k in keys]
-                    obj = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value)
+                    obj = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value, **{'using':self.db})
                     obj_pk = getattr(obj, field.rel.field_name)
                 else:
                     # Otherwise, treat like a normal PK
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ class Deserializer(base.Deserializer):
                 if keys:
                     # If there are 'natural' subelements, it must be a natural key
                     field_value = [getInnerText(k).strip() for k in keys]
-                    obj_pk = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value).pk
+                    obj_pk = field.rel.to._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(*field_value, **{'using':self.db}).pk
                 else:
                     # Otherwise, treat like a normal PK value.
                     obj_pk = field.rel.to._meta.pk.to_python(n.getAttribute('pk'))
diff --git a/django/db/models/base.py b/django/db/models/base.py
index eb484ea3bc..73c2c3903c 100644
--- a/django/db/models/base.py
+++ b/django/db/models/base.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class Model(object):
         param = smart_str(getattr(self, field.attname))
         q = Q(**{'%s__%s' % (field.name, op): param})
         q = q|Q(**{field.name: param, 'pk__%s' % op: self.pk})
-        qs = self.__class__._default_manager.filter(**kwargs).filter(q).order_by('%s%s' % (order, field.name), '%spk' % order)
+        qs = self.__class__._default_manager.using(self._state.db).filter(**kwargs).filter(q).order_by('%s%s' % (order, field.name), '%spk' % order)
         try:
             return qs[0]
         except IndexError:
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
index 7fcf89d561..4be9a9c17c 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class Tag(models.Model):
                                          self.tagged, self.name)
 
 class PersonManager(models.Manager):
-    def get_by_natural_key(self, name):
-        return self.get(name=name)
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, name, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS):
+        return self.using(using).get(name=name)
 
 class Person(models.Model):
     objects = PersonManager()
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
index 0c3e8c9f7b..dab8d3b8fa 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/models.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ class WidgetProxy(Widget):
 # Check for forward references in FKs and M2Ms with natural keys
 
 class TestManager(models.Manager):
-    def get_by_natural_key(self, key):
-        return self.get(name=key)
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, key, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS):
+        return self.using(using).get(name=key)
 
 class Store(models.Model):
     objects = TestManager()
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.default.json b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.default.json
index ecfcea4c2a..379b18a803 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.default.json
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.default.json
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 [
+    {
+        "pk": 1,
+        "model": "multiple_database.person",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "Marty Alchin"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "pk": 2,
+        "model": "multiple_database.person",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "George Vilches"
+        }
+    },
     {
         "pk": 2,
         "model": "multiple_database.book",
         "fields": {
             "title": "Pro Django",
-            "published": "2008-12-16"
+            "published": "2008-12-16",
+            "authors": [["Marty Alchin"]],
+            "editor": ["George Vilches"]
         }
     }
 ]
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.other.json b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.other.json
index eaa600ae73..c64f490201 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.other.json
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/fixtures/multidb.other.json
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 [
+    {
+        "pk": 1,
+        "model": "multiple_database.person",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "Mark Pilgrim"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "pk": 2,
+        "model": "multiple_database.person",
+        "fields": {
+            "name": "Chris Mills"
+        }
+    },
     {
         "pk": 2,
         "model": "multiple_database.book",
         "fields": {
             "title": "Dive into Python",
-            "published": "2009-5-4"
+            "published": "2009-5-4",
+            "authors": [["Mark Pilgrim"]],
+            "editor": ["Chris Mills"]
         }
     }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/models.py
index bd664c94e3..88ab88e9eb 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/models.py
@@ -16,10 +16,25 @@ class Review(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('source',)
 
+class PersonManager(models.Manager):
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, name, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS):
+        return self.using(using).get(name=name)
+
+class Person(models.Model):
+    objects = PersonManager()
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('name',)
+
 class Book(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     published = models.DateField()
-    authors = models.ManyToManyField('Author')
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(Person)
+    editor = models.ForeignKey(Person, null=True, related_name='edited')
     reviews = generic.GenericRelation(Review)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
@@ -28,16 +43,6 @@ class Book(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('title',)
 
-class Author(models.Model):
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    favourite_book = models.ForeignKey(Book, null=True, related_name='favourite_of')
-
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        return self.name
-
-    class Meta:
-        ordering = ('name',)
-
 class UserProfile(models.Model):
     user = models.OneToOneField(User)
     flavor = models.CharField(max_length=100)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/tests.py
index 1633674d07..4030d74540 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/multiple_database/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db import connections
 from django.test import TestCase
 
-from models import Book, Author, Review, UserProfile
+from models import Book, Person, Review, UserProfile
 
 try:
     # we only have these models if the user is using multi-db, it's safe the
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         pro = Book.objects.create(title="Pro Django",
                                   published=datetime.date(2008, 12, 16))
 
-        marty = Author.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
+        marty = Person.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
 
         # Create a book and author on the other database
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Save the author relations
         pro.authors = [marty]
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
 
         # Reget the objects to clear caches
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').get(title="Dive into Python")
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').get(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').get(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Retrive related object by descriptor. Related objects should be database-baound
         self.assertEquals(list(dive.authors.all().values_list('name', flat=True)),
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Save the author relations
         dive.authors = [mark]
 
         # Add a second author
-        john = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="John Smith")
+        john = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="John Smith")
         self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(authors__name='John Smith').values_list('title', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Save the author relations
         dive.authors = [mark]
@@ -233,30 +233,30 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
 
         # Add a books to the m2m
         mark.book_set.add(grease)
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
 
         # Remove a book from the m2m
         mark.book_set.remove(grease)
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
         # Clear the books associated with mark
         mark.book_set.clear()
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Greasemonkey Hacks').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
         # Create a book through the m2m interface
         mark.book_set.create(title="Dive into HTML5", published=datetime.date(2020, 1, 1))
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(book__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
 
     def test_m2m_cross_database_protection(self):
@@ -265,13 +265,13 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         pro = Book.objects.create(title="Pro Django",
                                   published=datetime.date(2008, 12, 16))
 
-        marty = Author.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
+        marty = Person.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
 
         # Create a book and author on the other database
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
         # Set a foreign key set with an object from a different database
         try:
             marty.book_set = [pro, dive]
@@ -313,91 +313,93 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         pro = Book.objects.create(title="Pro Django",
                                   published=datetime.date(2008, 12, 16))
 
-        marty = Author.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
+        marty = Person.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
+        george = Person.objects.create(name="George Vilches")
 
         # Create a book and author on the other database
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        chris = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Chris Mills")
 
         # Save the author's favourite books
-        marty.favourite_book = pro
-        marty.save()
+        pro.editor = george
+        pro.save()
 
-        mark.favourite_book = dive
-        mark.save()
+        dive.editor = chris
+        dive.save()
 
-        marty = Author.objects.using('default').get(name="Marty Alchin")
-        self.assertEquals(marty.favourite_book.title, "Pro Django")
+        pro = Book.objects.using('default').get(title="Pro Django")
+        self.assertEquals(pro.editor.name, "George Vilches")
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').get(name='Mark Pilgrim')
-        self.assertEquals(mark.favourite_book.title, "Dive into Python")
+        dive = Book.objects.using('other').get(title="Dive into Python")
+        self.assertEquals(dive.editor.name, "Chris Mills")
 
         # Check that queries work across foreign key joins
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('default').filter(favourite_of__name='Marty Alchin').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Pro Django'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Marty Alchin').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('default').filter(edited__title='Pro Django').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'George Vilches'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Pro Django').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('default').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('default').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Dive into Python'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills'])
 
         # Reget the objects to clear caches
+        chris = Person.objects.using('other').get(name="Chris Mills")
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').get(title="Dive into Python")
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').get(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Retrive related object by descriptor. Related objects should be database-baound
-        self.assertEquals(list(dive.favourite_of.all().values_list('name', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
-
-        self.assertEquals(mark.favourite_book.title, u'Dive into Python')
+        self.assertEquals(list(chris.edited.values_list('title', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Dive into Python'])
 
     def test_foreign_key_reverse_operations(self):
         "FK reverse manipulations are all constrained to a single DB"
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                        published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        chris = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Chris Mills")
 
         # Save the author relations
-        mark.favourite_book = dive
-        mark.save()
+        dive.editor = chris
+        dive.save()
 
-        # Add a second author
-        john = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="John Smith")
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='John Smith').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        # Add a second book edited by chris
+        html5 = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into HTML5", published=datetime.date(2010, 3, 15))
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
+        chris.edited.add(html5)
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills'])
 
-        dive.favourite_of.add(john)
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Dive into Python'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='John Smith').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Dive into Python'])
-
-        # Remove the second author
-        dive.favourite_of.remove(john)
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Dive into Python'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='John Smith').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        # Remove the second editor
+        chris.edited.remove(html5)
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills'])
 
-        # Clear all favourite_of
-        dive.favourite_of.clear()
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        # Clear all edited books
+        chris.edited.clear()
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='John Smith').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
 
         # Create an author through the m2m interface
-        dive.favourite_of.create(name='Jane Brown')
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Mark Pilgrim').values_list('title', flat=True)),
+        chris.edited.create(title='Dive into Water', published=datetime.date(2010, 3, 15))
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into HTML5').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Water').values_list('name', flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').filter(edited__title='Dive into Python').values_list('name', flat=True)),
                           [])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').filter(favourite_of__name='Jane Brown').values_list('title', flat=True)),
-                          [u'Dive into Python'])
 
     def test_foreign_key_cross_database_protection(self):
         "Operations that involve sharing FK objects across databases raise an error"
@@ -405,31 +407,31 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         pro = Book.objects.create(title="Pro Django",
                                   published=datetime.date(2008, 12, 16))
 
-        marty = Author.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
+        marty = Person.objects.create(name="Marty Alchin")
 
         # Create a book and author on the other database
         dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
                                                   published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
 
-        mark = Author.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
+        mark = Person.objects.using('other').create(name="Mark Pilgrim")
 
         # Set a foreign key with an object from a different database
         try:
-            marty.favourite_book = dive
+            dive.editor = marty
             self.fail("Shouldn't be able to assign across databases")
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
         # Set a foreign key set with an object from a different database
         try:
-            dive.favourite_of = [mark, marty]
+            marty.edited = [pro, dive]
             self.fail("Shouldn't be able to assign across databases")
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
         # Add to a foreign key set with an object from a different database
         try:
-            dive.favourite_of.add(marty)
+            marty.edited.add(dive)
             self.fail("Shouldn't be able to assign across databases")
         except ValueError:
             pass
@@ -437,37 +439,50 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         # BUT! if you assign a FK object when the base object hasn't
         # been saved yet, you implicitly assign the database for the
         # base object.
-        john = Author(name="John Smith")
+        chris = Person(name="Chris Mills")
+        html5 = Book(title="Dive into HTML5", published=datetime.date(2010, 3, 15))
         # initially, no db assigned
-        self.assertEquals(john._state.db, None)
+        self.assertEquals(chris._state.db, None)
+        self.assertEquals(html5._state.db, None)
 
-        # Dive comes from 'other', so john is set to use 'other'...
-        john.favourite_book = dive
-        self.assertEquals(john._state.db, 'other')
+        # old object comes from 'other', so the new object is set to use 'other'...
+        dive.editor = chris
+        html5.editor = mark
+        # self.assertEquals(chris._state.db, 'other')
+        self.assertEquals(html5._state.db, 'other')
         # ... but it isn't saved yet
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
                           [u'Mark Pilgrim'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                           [u'Dive into Python'])
 
-        # When saved, John goes to 'other'
-        john.save()
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('default').values_list('name',flat=True)),
+        # When saved (no using required), new objects goes to 'other'
+        chris.save()
+        html5.save()
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('default').values_list('name',flat=True)),
                           [u'Marty Alchin'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
-                          [u'John Smith', u'Mark Pilgrim'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Person.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Chris Mills', u'Mark Pilgrim'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('default').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Pro Django'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Dive into HTML5', u'Dive into Python'])
 
         # This also works if you assign the FK in the constructor
-        jane = Author(name='Jane Brown', favourite_book=dive)
-        self.assertEquals(jane._state.db, 'other')
+        water = Book(title="Dive into Water", published=datetime.date(2001, 1, 1), editor=mark)
+        self.assertEquals(water._state.db, 'other')
         # ... but it isn't saved yet
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
-                          [u'John Smith', u'Mark Pilgrim'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('default').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Pro Django'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Dive into HTML5', u'Dive into Python'])
 
-        # When saved, Jane goes to 'other'
-        jane.save()
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('default').values_list('name',flat=True)),
-                          [u'Marty Alchin'])
-        self.assertEquals(list(Author.objects.using('other').values_list('name',flat=True)),
-                          [u'Jane Brown', u'John Smith', u'Mark Pilgrim'])
+        # When saved, the new book goes to 'other'
+        water.save()
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('default').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Pro Django'])
+        self.assertEquals(list(Book.objects.using('other').values_list('title',flat=True)),
+                          [u'Dive into HTML5', u'Dive into Python', u'Dive into Water'])
 
     def test_generic_key_separation(self):
         "Generic fields are constrained to a single database"
@@ -591,6 +606,21 @@ class QueryTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(list(Review.objects.using('other').filter(object_id=dive.pk).values_list('source',flat=True)),
                           [u'Python Daily', u'Python Weekly'])
 
+    def test_ordering(self):
+        "get_next_by_XXX commands stick to a single database"
+        pro = Book.objects.create(title="Pro Django",
+                                  published=datetime.date(2008, 12, 16))
+
+        dive = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Dive into Python",
+                                                  published=datetime.date(2009, 5, 4))
+
+        learn = Book.objects.using('other').create(title="Learning Python",
+                                                   published=datetime.date(2008, 7, 16))
+
+        self.assertEquals(learn.get_next_by_published().title, "Dive into Python")
+        self.assertEquals(dive.get_previous_by_published().title, "Learning Python")
+
+
 class UserProfileTestCase(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.old_auth_profile_module = getattr(settings, 'AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE', None)
@@ -624,7 +654,7 @@ class FixtureTestCase(TestCase):
             Book.objects.get(title="Pro Django")
             Book.objects.using('default').get(title="Pro Django")
         except Book.DoesNotExist:
-            self.fail('"Dive Into Python" should exist on default database')
+            self.fail('"Pro Django" should exist on default database')
 
         self.assertRaises(Book.DoesNotExist,
             Book.objects.using('other').get,