""" 20. Multiple many-to-many relationships between the same two tables In this example, an Article can have many Categories (as "primary") and many Categories (as "secondary"). Set ``related_name`` to designate what the reverse relationship is called. """ from django.db import models class Category(models.Model): name = models.CharField(maxlength=20) class Meta: ordering = ('name',) def __str__(self): return self.name class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(maxlength=50) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() primary_categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category, related_name='primary_article_set') secondary_categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category, related_name='secondary_article_set') class Meta: ordering = ('pub_date',) def __str__(self): return self.headline __test__ = {'API_TESTS':""" >>> from datetime import datetime >>> c1 = Category(name='Sports') >>> c1.save() >>> c2 = Category(name='News') >>> c2.save() >>> c3 = Category(name='Crime') >>> c3.save() >>> c4 = Category(name='Life') >>> c4.save() >>> a1 = Article(headline='Area man steals', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 27)) >>> a1.save() >>> a1.primary_categories.add(c2, c3) >>> a1.secondary_categories.add(c4) >>> a2 = Article(headline='Area man runs', pub_date=datetime(2005, 11, 28)) >>> a2.save() >>> a2.primary_categories.add(c1, c2) >>> a2.secondary_categories.add(c4) >>> a1.primary_categories.all() [, ] >>> a2.primary_categories.all() [, ] >>> a1.secondary_categories.all() [] >>> c1.primary_article_set.all() [] >>> c1.secondary_article_set.all() [] >>> c2.primary_article_set.all() [, ] >>> c2.secondary_article_set.all() [] >>> c3.primary_article_set.all() [] >>> c3.secondary_article_set.all() [] >>> c4.primary_article_set.all() [] >>> c4.secondary_article_set.all() [, ] """}