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Fixed #8883 -- Fixed some glitches in model reference. Thanks, arien
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@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Generally, :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` instances should go in the
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object that's going to be edited in the admin interface, if you're using
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Django's admin. In the above example, ``toppings`` is in ``Pizza`` (rather than
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``Topping`` having a ``pizzas`` :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` )
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because it's more natural to think about a ``Pizza`` having toppings than a
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because it's more natural to think about a pizza having toppings than a
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topping being on multiple pizzas. The way it's set up above, the ``Pizza`` admin
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form would let users select the toppings.
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@ -407,11 +407,11 @@ explicit declaration defines how the two models are related.
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There are a few restrictions on the intermediate model:
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* Your intermediate model must contain one - and *only* one - foreign key
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on the target model (this would be ``Person`` in our example). If you
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to the target model (this would be ``Person`` in our example). If you
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have more than one foreign key, a validation error will be raised.
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* Your intermediate model must contain one - and *only* one - foreign key
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on the source model (this would be ``Group`` in our example). If you
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to the source model (this would be ``Group`` in our example). If you
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have more than one foreign key, a validation error will be raised.
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* The only exception to this is a model which has a many-to-many
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@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ There are a few restrictions on the intermediate model:
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:ref:`the model field reference <manytomany-arguments>`).
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Now that you have set up your :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` to use
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your intermediary model (Membership, in this case), you're ready to start
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your intermediary model (``Membership``, in this case), you're ready to start
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creating some many-to-many relationships. You do this by creating instances of
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the intermediate model::
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@ -457,13 +457,13 @@ or assignment (i.e., ``beatles.members = [...]``) to create relationships::
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# AND NEITHER WILL THIS
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>>> beatles.members = [john, paul, ringo, george]
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Why? You can't just create a relationship between a Person and a Group - you
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need to specify all the detail for the relationship required by the
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Membership table. The simple ``add``, ``create`` and assignment calls
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Why? You can't just create a relationship between a ``Person`` and a ``Group``
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- you need to specify all the detail for the relationship required by the
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``Membership`` model. The simple ``add``, ``create`` and assignment calls
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don't provide a way to specify this extra detail. As a result, they are
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disabled for many-to-many relationships that use an intermediate model.
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The only way to create a many-to-many relationship with an intermediate table
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is to create instances of the intermediate model.
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The only way to create this type of relationship is to create instances of the
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intermediate model.
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The ``remove`` method is disabled for similar reasons. However, the
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``clear()`` method can be used to remove all many-to-many relationships
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@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ many-to-many-related model::
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>>> Groups.objects.filter(person__name__startswith='Paul')
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[<Group: The Beatles>]
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As you are using an intermediate table, you can also query on the attributes
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of the intermediate model::
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As you are using an intermediate model, you can also query on its attributes::
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# Find all the members of the Beatles that joined after 1 Jan 1961
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>>> Person.objects.filter(
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@ -518,9 +517,7 @@ As with :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`, a
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:ref:`recursive relationship <recursive-relationships>`
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can be defined and
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:ref:`references to as-yet undefined models <lazy-relationships>`
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can be made; see
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:class:`the model field reference <django.db.models.fields.OneToOneField>`
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for details.
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can be made; see :ref:`the model field reference <ref-onetoone>` for details.
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.. seealso::
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@ -542,7 +539,7 @@ Thus, it's now possible to have multiple fields of type
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Models across files
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-------------------
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It's perfectly OK to relate a model to one from another app. To do this, just
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It's perfectly OK to relate a model to one from another app. To do this,
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import the related model at the top of the model that holds your model. Then,
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just refer to the other model class wherever needed. For example::
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@ -626,6 +623,7 @@ model.
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For example, this model has a few custom methods::
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from django.contrib.localflavor.us.models import USStateField
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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@ -741,8 +739,8 @@ the resulting rows. For example::
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row = cursor.fetchone()
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return row
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:class:`connection <django.db.backends.DatabaseWrapper>` and
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:class:`<django.db.backends.CursorWrapper>` mostly implement the standard Python
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:class:`connection <django.db.backends.DatabaseWrapper>` and :class:`cursor
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<django.db.backends.CursorWrapper>` mostly implement the standard Python
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DB-API -- see :pep:`249` -- with the addition of Django's :ref:`transaction
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handling <topics-db-transactions>`. If you're not familiar with the Python
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DB-API, note that the SQL statement in :meth:`cursor.execute()
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@ -818,8 +816,8 @@ still only creating one database table per child model at the database level.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When an abstract base class is created, Django makes any :ref:`Meta <meta-options>`
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inner class you declared on the base class available as an
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attribute. If a child class does not declared its own :ref:`Meta <meta-options>`
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inner class you declared in the base class available as an
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attribute. If a child class does not declare its own :ref:`Meta <meta-options>`
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class, it will inherit the parent's :ref:`Meta <meta-options>`. If the child wants to
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extend the parent's :ref:`Meta <meta-options>` class, it can subclass it. For example::
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@ -896,9 +894,9 @@ Multi-table inheritance
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The second type of model inheritance supported by Django is when each model in
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the hierarchy is a model all by itself. Each model corresponds to its own
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database table and can be queried and created indvidually. The inheritance
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database table and can be queried and created individually. The inheritance
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relationship introduces links between the child model and each of its parents
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(via an automatically-created :class`~django.db.models.fields.OneToOneField`).
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(via an automatically-created :class:`~django.db.models.fields.OneToOneField`).
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For example::
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class Place(models.Model):
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@ -945,7 +943,7 @@ parent: if the child does not specify an :attr:`django.db.models.Options.orderin
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:attr:`django.db.models.Options.get_latest_by` attribute, it will inherit these from its parent.
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If the parent has an ordering and you don't want the child to have any natural
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ordering, you can explicity set it to be empty::
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ordering, you can explicitly disable it::
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class ChildModel(ParentModel):
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...
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@ -974,8 +972,7 @@ subclass with a :class:`~django.db.models.fields.ManyToManyField`::
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class Supplier(Place):
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# Must specify related_name on all relations.
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customers = models.ManyToManyField(Restaurant,
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related_name='provider')
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customers = models.ManyToManyField(Restaurant, related_name='provider')
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Specifying the parent link field
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@ -994,10 +991,10 @@ Multiple inheritance
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Just as with Python's subclassing, it's possible for a Django model to inherit
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from multiple parent models. Keep in mind that normal Python name resolution
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rules apply. The first base class that a particular name appears in (e.g.
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:ref:`Meta <meta-options>`) will be the one that is used; for example,
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his means that if multiple parents contain a :ref:`Meta <meta-options>` class, only
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the first one is going to be used, and all others will be ignored.
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rules apply. The first base class that a particular name (e.g. :ref:`Meta
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<meta-options>`) appears in will be the one that is used; for example, this
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means that if multiple parents contain a :ref:`Meta <meta-options>` class,
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only the first one is going to be used, and all others will be ignored.
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Generally, you won't need to inherit from multiple parents. The main use-case
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where this is useful is for "mix-in" classes: adding a particular extra
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