""" 19. OR lookups To perform an OR lookup, or a lookup that combines ANDs and ORs, combine ``QuerySet`` objects using ``&`` and ``|`` operators. Alternatively, use positional arguments, and pass one or more expressions of clauses using the variable ``django.db.models.Q`` (or any object with an ``add_to_query`` method). """ from django.db import models class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=50) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() class Meta: ordering = ('pub_date',) def __unicode__(self): return self.headline __test__ = {'API_TESTS':""" >>> from datetime import datetime >>> from django.db.models import Q >>> a1 = Article(headline='Hello', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 27)) >>> a1.save() >>> a2 = Article(headline='Goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 28)) >>> a2.save() >>> a3 = Article(headline='Hello and goodbye', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 29)) >>> a3.save() >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Goodbye') [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') | Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye')) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') & Q(headline__startswith='Goodbye')) [] # You can shorten this syntax with code like the following, # which is especially useful if building the query in stages: >>> articles = Article.objects.all() >>> articles.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') & articles.filter(headline__startswith='Goodbye') [] >>> articles.filter(headline__startswith='Hello') & articles.filter(headline__contains='bye') [<Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__contains='bye'), headline__startswith='Hello') [<Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='bye') [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__iexact='Hello') | Article.objects.filter(headline__contains='ood') [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2)) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2) | Q(pk=3)) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] # You could also use "in" to accomplish the same as above. >>> Article.objects.filter(pk__in=[1,2,3]) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(pk__in=(1,2,3)) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(pk__in=[1,2,3,4]) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] # Passing "in" an empty list returns no results ... >>> Article.objects.filter(pk__in=[]) [] # ... but can return results if we OR it with another query. >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk__in=[]) | Q(headline__icontains='goodbye')) [<Article: Goodbye>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] # Q arg objects are ANDed >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')) [<Article: Hello and goodbye>] # Q arg AND order is irrelevant >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__contains='bye'), headline__startswith='Hello') [<Article: Hello and goodbye>] # Q objects can be negated >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) | ~Q(pk=2)) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Hello and goodbye>] >>> Article.objects.filter(~Q(pk=1) & ~Q(pk=2)) [<Article: Hello and goodbye>] # This allows for more complex queries than filter() and exclude() alone would # allow >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(pk=1) & (~Q(pk=2) | Q(pk=3))) [<Article: Hello>] # Try some arg queries with operations other than filter. >>> Article.objects.get(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')) <Article: Hello and goodbye> >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello') | Q(headline__contains='bye')).count() 3 >>> dicts = list(Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello'), Q(headline__contains='bye')).values()) >>> [sorted(d.items()) for d in dicts] [[('headline', u'Hello and goodbye'), ('id', 3), ('pub_date', datetime.datetime(2005, 11, 29, 0, 0))]] >>> Article.objects.filter(Q(headline__startswith='Hello')).in_bulk([1,2]) {1: <Article: Hello>} # Demonstrating exclude with a Q object >>> Article.objects.exclude(Q(headline__startswith='Hello')) [<Article: Goodbye>] # The 'complex_filter' method supports framework features such as # 'limit_choices_to' which normally take a single dictionary of lookup arguments # but need to support arbitrary queries via Q objects too. >>> Article.objects.complex_filter({'pk': 1}) [<Article: Hello>] >>> Article.objects.complex_filter(Q(pk=1) | Q(pk=2)) [<Article: Hello>, <Article: Goodbye>] """}