""" 19. OR lookups To perform an OR lookup, or a lookup that combines ANDs and ORs, use the ``complex`` keyword argument, and pass it an expression of clauses using the variable ``django.core.meta.Q``. """ from django.core import meta class Article(meta.Model): headline = meta.CharField(maxlength=50) pub_date = meta.DateTimeField() class META: ordering = ('pub_date',) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ >>> from datetime import datetime >>> from django.core.meta import Q >>> a1 = articles.Article(headline='Hello', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 27)) >>> a1.save() >>> a2 = articles.Article(headline='Goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 28)) >>> a2.save() >>> a3 = articles.Article(headline='Hello and goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 29)) >>> a3.save() >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') | Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye'))) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') & Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye'))) [] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') & Q(headline__contains='bye'))) [Hello and goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(headline__startswith='Hello', complex=Q(headline__contains='bye')) [Hello and goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(headline__contains='Hello') | Q(headline__contains='bye'))) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(headline__iexact='Hello') | Q(headline__contains='ood'))) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2))) [Hello, Goodbye] >>> articles.get_list(complex=(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2) | Q(pk=3))) [Hello, Goodbye, Hello and goodbye] """