""" 10. One-to-one relationships To define a many-to-one relationship, use ``OneToOneField()``. In this example, a ``Place`` optionally can be a ``Restaurant``. """ from django.core import meta class Place(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('name', maxlength=50), meta.CharField('address', maxlength=80), ) def __repr__(self): return "%s the place" % self.name class Restaurant(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.OneToOneField(Place), meta.BooleanField('serves_hot_dogs'), meta.BooleanField('serves_pizza'), ) def __repr__(self): return "%s the restaurant" % self.get_place().name API_TESTS = """ # Create a couple of Places. >>> p1 = places.Place(id=None, name='Demon Dogs', address='944 W. Fullerton') >>> p1.save() >>> p2 = places.Place(id=None, name='Ace Hardware', address='1013 N. Ashland') >>> p2.save() # Create a Restaurant. Pass the ID of the "parent" object as this object's ID. >>> r = restaurants.Restaurant(id=p1.id, serves_hot_dogs=True, serves_pizza=False) >>> r.save() # A Restaurant can access its place. >>> r.get_place() Demon Dogs the place # A Place can access its restaurant, if available. >>> p1.get_restaurant() Demon Dogs the restaurant # p2 doesn't have an associated restaurant. >>> p2.get_restaurant() Traceback (most recent call last): ... RestaurantDoesNotExist: Restaurant does not exist for {'id__exact': 2L} # restaurants.get_list() just returns the Restaurants, not the Places. >>> restaurants.get_list() [Demon Dogs the restaurant] # places.get_list() returns all Places, regardless of whether they have # Restaurants. >>> places.get_list(order_by=['name']) [Ace Hardware the place, Demon Dogs the place] """