""" 4. Many-to-one relationships To define a many-to-one relationship, use ``ForeignKey()`` . """ from django.db import models class Reporter(models.Model): first_name = models.CharField(maxlength=30) last_name = models.CharField(maxlength=30) email = models.EmailField() def __repr__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100) pub_date = models.DateField() reporter = models.ForeignKey(Reporter) def __repr__(self): return self.headline class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) API_TESTS = """ # Create a few Reporters. >>> r = Reporter(first_name='John', last_name='Smith', email='john@example.com') >>> r.save() >>> r2 = Reporter(first_name='Paul', last_name='Jones', email='paul@example.com') >>> r2.save() # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter=r) >>> a.save() >>> a.reporter.id 1 >>> a.reporter John Smith # Article objects have access to their related Reporter objects. >>> r = a.reporter >>> r.first_name, r.last_name ('John', 'Smith') # Create an Article via the Reporter object. >>> new_article = r.article_set.create(headline="John's second story", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 29)) >>> new_article John's second story >>> new_article.reporter.id 1 # Create a new article, and add it to the article set. >>> new_article2 = Article(headline="Paul's story", pub_date=datetime(2006, 1, 17)) >>> r.article_set.add(new_article2) >>> new_article2.reporter.id 1 >>> r.article_set.all() [John's second story, Paul's story, This is a test] # Add the same article to a different article set - check that it moves. >>> r2.article_set.add(new_article2) >>> new_article2.reporter.id 2 >>> r.article_set.all() [John's second story, This is a test] >>> r2.article_set.all() [Paul's story] # Assign the article to the reporter directly using the descriptor >>> new_article2.reporter = r >>> new_article2.save() >>> new_article2.reporter John Smith >>> new_article2.reporter.id 1 >>> r.article_set.all() [John's second story, Paul's story, This is a test] >>> r2.article_set.all() [] # Set the article back again using set descriptor. >>> r2.article_set = [new_article, new_article2] >>> r.article_set.all() [This is a test] >>> r2.article_set.all() [John's second story, Paul's story] # Funny case - assignment notation can only go so far; because the # ForeignKey cannot be null, existing members of the set must remain >>> r.article_set = [new_article] >>> r.article_set.all() [John's second story, This is a test] >>> r2.article_set.all() [Paul's story] # Reporter cannot be null - there should not be a clear or remove method >>> hasattr(r2.article_set, 'remove') False >>> hasattr(r2.article_set, 'clear') False # Reporter objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> r.article_set.all() [John's second story, This is a test] >>> r.article_set.filter(headline__startswith='This') [This is a test] >>> r.article_set.count() 2 >>> r2.article_set.count() 1 # Get articles by id >>> Article.objects.filter(id__exact=1) [This is a test] >>> Article.objects.filter(pk=1) [This is a test] # Query on an article property >>> Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='This') [This is a test] # The API automatically follows relationships as far as you need. # Use double underscores to separate relationships. # This works as many levels deep as you want. There's no limit. # Find all Articles for any Reporter whose first name is "John". >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__first_name__exact='John') [John's second story, This is a test] # Query twice over the related field. >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__first_name__exact='John', reporter__last_name__exact='Smith') [John's second story, This is a test] # The underlying query only makes one join when a related table is referenced twice. >>> query = Article.objects.filter(reporter__first_name__exact='John', reporter__last_name__exact='Smith') >>> null, sql, null = query._get_sql_clause() >>> sql.count('INNER JOIN') 1 # The automatically joined table has a predictable name. >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__first_name__exact='John').extra(where=["many_to_one_article__reporter.last_name='Smith'"]) [John's second story, This is a test] # Find all Articles for the Reporter whose ID is 1. >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__id__exact=1) [John's second story, This is a test] >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__pk=1) [John's second story, This is a test] # You need two underscores between "reporter" and "id" -- not one. >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter_id__exact=1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: Cannot resolve keyword 'reporter_id' into field # You need to specify a comparison clause >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter_id=1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: Cannot resolve keyword 'reporter_id' into field # "pk" shortcut syntax works in a related context, too. >>> Article.objects.filter(reporter__pk=1) [John's second story, This is a test] # You can also instantiate an Article by passing # the Reporter's ID instead of a Reporter object. >>> a3 = Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter_id=r.id) >>> a3.save() >>> a3.reporter.id 1 >>> a3.reporter John Smith # Similarly, the reporter ID can be a string. >>> a4 = Article(id=None, headline="This is a test", pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27), reporter_id="1") >>> a4.save() >>> a4.reporter John Smith # Reporters can be queried >>> Reporter.objects.filter(id__exact=1) [John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(pk=1) [John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(first_name__startswith='John') [John Smith] # Reporters can query in opposite direction of ForeignKey definition >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__id__exact=1) [John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__pk=1) [John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith='This') [John Smith, John Smith, John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith='This').distinct() [John Smith] # Counting in the opposite direction works in conjunction with distinct() >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith='This').count() 3 >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith='This').distinct().count() 1 # Queries can go round in circles. >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__reporter__first_name__startswith='John') [John Smith, John Smith, John Smith, John Smith] >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__reporter__first_name__startswith='John').distinct() [John Smith] # If you delete a reporter, his articles will be deleted. >>> Article.objects.all() [John's second story, Paul's story, This is a test, This is a test, This is a test] >>> Reporter.objects.order_by('first_name') [John Smith, Paul Jones] >>> r2.delete() >>> Article.objects.all() [John's second story, This is a test, This is a test, This is a test] >>> Reporter.objects.order_by('first_name') [John Smith] # Deletes using a join in the query >>> Reporter.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith='This').delete() >>> Reporter.objects.all() [] >>> Article.objects.all() [] """