""" 20. Multiple many-to-many relationships between the same two tables In this example, an Article can have many Categories (as "primary") and many Categories (as "secondary"). Set ``related_name`` to designate what the reverse relationship is called. Set ``singular`` to designate what the category object is called. This is required if a model has multiple ``ManyToManyFields`` to the same object. """ from django.core import meta class Category(meta.Model): name = meta.CharField(maxlength=20) class META: module_name = 'categories' ordering = ('name',) def __repr__(self): return self.name class Article(meta.Model): headline = meta.CharField(maxlength=50) pub_date = meta.DateTimeField() primary_categories = meta.ManyToManyField(Category, singular='primary_category', related_name='primary_article') secondary_categories = meta.ManyToManyField(Category, singular='secondary_category', related_name='secondary_article') class META: ordering = ('pub_date',) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ >>> from datetime import datetime >>> c1 = categories.Category(name='Sports') >>> c1.save() >>> c2 = categories.Category(name='News') >>> c2.save() >>> c3 = categories.Category(name='Crime') >>> c3.save() >>> c4 = categories.Category(name='Life') >>> c4.save() >>> a1 = articles.Article(headline='Area man steals', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 27)) >>> a1.save() >>> a1.set_primary_categories([c2.id, c3.id]) True >>> a1.set_secondary_categories([c4.id]) True >>> a2 = articles.Article(headline='Area man runs', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 28)) >>> a2.save() >>> a2.set_primary_categories([c1.id, c2.id]) True >>> a2.set_secondary_categories([c4.id]) True # The "primary_category" here comes from the "singular" parameter. If we hadn't # specified the "singular" parameter, Django would just use "category", which # would cause a conflict because the "primary_categories" and # "secondary_categories" fields both relate to Category. >>> a1.get_primary_category_list() [Crime, News] # Ditto for the "primary_category" here. >>> a2.get_primary_category_list() [News, Sports] # Ditto for the "secondary_category" here. >>> a1.get_secondary_category_list() [Life] # Ditto for the "secondary_category" here. >>> a2.get_secondary_category_list() [Life] >>> c1.get_primary_article_list() [Area man runs] >>> c1.get_secondary_article_list() [] >>> c2.get_primary_article_list() [Area man steals, Area man runs] >>> c2.get_secondary_article_list() [] >>> c3.get_primary_article_list() [Area man steals] >>> c3.get_secondary_article_list() [] >>> c4.get_primary_article_list() [] >>> c4.get_secondary_article_list() [Area man steals, Area man runs] """