""" 9. Many-to-many relationships via an intermediary table For many-to-many relationships that need extra fields on the intermediary table, use an intermediary model. In this example, an ``Article`` can have multiple ``Reporter``s, and each ``Article``-``Reporter`` combination (a ``Writer``) has a ``position`` field, which specifies the ``Reporter``'s position for the given article (e.g. "Staff writer"). """ from django.core import meta class Reporter(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('first_name', maxlength=30), meta.CharField('last_name', maxlength=30), ) def __repr__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Article(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('headline', maxlength=100), meta.DateField('pub_date'), ) def __repr__(self): return self.headline class Writer(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.ForeignKey(Reporter), meta.ForeignKey(Article), meta.CharField('position', maxlength=100), ) def __repr__(self): return '%r (%s)' % (self.get_reporter(), self.position) API_TESTS = """ # Create a few Reporters. >>> r1 = reporters.Reporter(id=None, first_name='John', last_name='Smith') >>> r1.save() >>> r2 = reporters.Reporter(id=None, first_name='Jane', last_name='Doe') >>> r2.save() # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = articles.Article(id=None, headline='This is a test', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27)) >>> a.save() # Create a few Writers. >>> w1 = writers.Writer(id=None, reporter_id=r1.id, article_id=a.id, position='Main writer') >>> w1.save() >>> w2 = writers.Writer(id=None, reporter_id=r2.id, article_id=a.id, position='Contributor') >>> w2.save() # Play around with the API. >>> a.get_writer_list(order_by=['-position'], select_related=True) [John Smith (Main writer), Jane Doe (Contributor)] >>> w1.get_reporter() John Smith >>> w2.get_reporter() Jane Doe >>> w1.get_article() This is a test >>> w2.get_article() This is a test >>> r1.get_writer_list() [John Smith (Main writer)] """