""" Many-to-many relationships To define a many-to-many relationship, use ``ManyToManyField()``. In this example, an ``Article`` can be published in multiple ``Publication`` objects, and a ``Publication`` has multiple ``Article`` objects. """ from django.db import models class Publication(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=30) class Meta: ordering = ('title',) def __str__(self): return self.title class Tag(models.Model): id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True) name = models.CharField(max_length=50) def __str__(self): return self.name class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) # Assign a string as name to make sure the intermediary model is # correctly created. Refs #20207 publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, name='publications') tags = models.ManyToManyField(Tag, related_name='tags') class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) def __str__(self): return self.headline # Models to test correct related_name inheritance class AbstractArticle(models.Model): class Meta: abstract = True publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, name='publications', related_name='+') class InheritedArticleA(AbstractArticle): pass class InheritedArticleB(AbstractArticle): pass class NullableTargetArticle(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, through='NullablePublicationThrough') class NullablePublicationThrough(models.Model): article = models.ForeignKey(NullableTargetArticle, models.CASCADE) publication = models.ForeignKey(Publication, models.CASCADE, null=True)