""" 4. Many-to-one relationships To define a many-to-one relationship, use ForeignKey(). """ from django.core import meta class Reporter(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('first_name', maxlength=30), meta.CharField('last_name', maxlength=30), ) def __repr__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Article(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('headline', maxlength=100), meta.DateField('pub_date'), meta.ForeignKey(Reporter), ) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create a Reporter. >>> r = reporters.Reporter(id=None, first_name='John', last_name='Smith') >>> r.save() # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = articles.Article(id=None, headline='This is a test', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter_id=r.id) >>> a.save() >>> a.reporter_id 1L >>> a.get_reporter() John Smith # Article objects have access to their related Reporter objects. >>> r = a.get_reporter() >>> r.first_name, r.last_name ('John', 'Smith') # Create an Article via the Reporter object. >>> new_article = r.add_article(headline="John's second story", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28)) >>> new_article John's second story >>> new_article.reporter_id 1 # Reporter objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> r.get_article_list(order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] >>> r.get_article(headline__startswith='This') This is a test >>> r.get_article_count() 2L # The API automatically follows relationships as far as you need. # Use double underscores to separate relationships. # This works as many levels deep as you want. There's no limit. # Find all Articles for any Reporter whose first name is "John". >>> articles.get_list(reporter__first_name__exact='John', order_by=['pub_date']) [This is a test, John's second story] """