""" Many-to-many and many-to-one relationships to the same table Make sure to set ``related_name`` if you use relationships to the same table. """ from django.db import models class User(models.Model): username = models.CharField(max_length=20) class Issue(models.Model): num = models.IntegerField() cc = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True, related_name='test_issue_cc') client = models.ForeignKey(User, models.CASCADE, related_name='test_issue_client') class Meta: ordering = ('num',) def __str__(self): return str(self.num) class StringReferenceModel(models.Model): others = models.ManyToManyField('StringReferenceModel')