""" 16. Many-to-one relationships that can be null To define a many-to-one relationship that can have a null foreign key, use ``ForeignKey()`` with ``null=True`` . """ from django.core import meta class Reporter(meta.Model): name = meta.CharField(maxlength=30) def __repr__(self): return self.name class Article(meta.Model): headline = meta.CharField(maxlength=100) reporter = meta.ForeignKey(Reporter, null=True) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create a Reporter. >>> r = reporters.Reporter(name='John Smith') >>> r.save() # Create an Article. >>> a = articles.Article(headline="First", reporter=r) >>> a.save() >>> a.reporter_id 1 >>> a.get_reporter() John Smith # Article objects have access to their related Reporter objects. >>> r = a.get_reporter() # Create an Article via the Reporter object. >>> a2 = r.add_article(headline="Second") >>> a2 Second >>> a2.reporter_id 1 # Reporter objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> r.get_article_list(order_by=['headline']) [First, Second] >>> r.get_article(headline__startswith='Fir') First >>> r.get_article_count() 2 # Create an Article with no Reporter by passing "reporter=None". >>> a3 = articles.Article(headline="Third", reporter=None) >>> a3.save() >>> a3.id 3 >>> a3.reporter_id >>> print a3.reporter_id None >>> a3 = articles.get_object(pk=3) >>> print a3.reporter_id None # An article's get_reporter() method throws ReporterDoesNotExist # if the reporter is set to None. >>> a3.get_reporter() Traceback (most recent call last): ... ReporterDoesNotExist # To retrieve the articles with no reporters set, use "reporter__isnull=True". >>> articles.get_list(reporter__isnull=True) [Third] """