""" Tests for F() query expression syntax. """ from django.db import models class Employee(models.Model): firstname = models.CharField(max_length=50) lastname = models.CharField(max_length=50) def __unicode__(self): return u'%s %s' % (self.firstname, self.lastname) class Company(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=100) num_employees = models.PositiveIntegerField() num_chairs = models.PositiveIntegerField() ceo = models.ForeignKey( Employee, related_name='company_ceo_set') point_of_contact = models.ForeignKey( Employee, related_name='company_point_of_contact_set', null=True) def __unicode__(self): return self.name __test__ = {'API_TESTS': """ >>> from django.db.models import F >>> Company(name='Example Inc.', num_employees=2300, num_chairs=5, ... ceo=Employee.objects.create(firstname='Joe', lastname='Smith')).save() >>> Company(name='Foobar Ltd.', num_employees=3, num_chairs=3, ... ceo=Employee.objects.create(firstname='Frank', lastname='Meyer')).save() >>> Company(name='Test GmbH', num_employees=32, num_chairs=1, ... ceo=Employee.objects.create(firstname='Max', lastname='Mustermann')).save() >>> company_query = Company.objects.values('name','num_employees','num_chairs').order_by('name','num_employees','num_chairs') # We can filter for companies where the number of employees is greater than the # number of chairs. >>> company_query.filter(num_employees__gt=F('num_chairs')) [{'num_chairs': 5, 'name': u'Example Inc.', 'num_employees': 2300}, {'num_chairs': 1, 'name': u'Test GmbH', 'num_employees': 32}] # We can set one field to have the value of another field # Make sure we have enough chairs >>> _ = company_query.update(num_chairs=F('num_employees')) >>> company_query [{'num_chairs': 2300, 'name': u'Example Inc.', 'num_employees': 2300}, {'num_chairs': 3, 'name': u'Foobar Ltd.', 'num_employees': 3}, {'num_chairs': 32, 'name': u'Test GmbH', 'num_employees': 32}] # We can perform arithmetic operations in expressions # Make sure we have 2 spare chairs >>> _ =company_query.update(num_chairs=F('num_employees')+2) >>> company_query [{'num_chairs': 2302, 'name': u'Example Inc.', 'num_employees': 2300}, {'num_chairs': 5, 'name': u'Foobar Ltd.', 'num_employees': 3}, {'num_chairs': 34, 'name': u'Test GmbH', 'num_employees': 32}] # Law of order of operations is followed >>> _ =company_query.update(num_chairs=F('num_employees') + 2 * F('num_employees')) >>> company_query [{'num_chairs': 6900, 'name': u'Example Inc.', 'num_employees': 2300}, {'num_chairs': 9, 'name': u'Foobar Ltd.', 'num_employees': 3}, {'num_chairs': 96, 'name': u'Test GmbH', 'num_employees': 32}] # Law of order of operations can be overridden by parentheses >>> _ =company_query.update(num_chairs=((F('num_employees') + 2) * F('num_employees'))) >>> company_query [{'num_chairs': 5294600, 'name': u'Example Inc.', 'num_employees': 2300}, {'num_chairs': 15, 'name': u'Foobar Ltd.', 'num_employees': 3}, {'num_chairs': 1088, 'name': u'Test GmbH', 'num_employees': 32}] # The relation of a foreign key can become copied over to an other foreign key. >>> Company.objects.update(point_of_contact=F('ceo')) 3 >>> [c.point_of_contact for c in Company.objects.all()] [, , ] >>> c = Company.objects.all()[0] >>> c.point_of_contact = Employee.objects.create(firstname="Guido", lastname="van Rossum") >>> c.save() # F Expressions can also span joins >>> Company.objects.filter(ceo__firstname=F('point_of_contact__firstname')).distinct() [, ] >>> _ = Company.objects.exclude(ceo__firstname=F('point_of_contact__firstname')).update(name='foo') >>> Company.objects.exclude(ceo__firstname=F('point_of_contact__firstname')).get().name u'foo' >>> _ = Company.objects.exclude(ceo__firstname=F('point_of_contact__firstname')).update(name=F('point_of_contact__lastname')) Traceback (most recent call last): ... FieldError: Joined field references are not permitted in this query # F expressions can be used to update attributes on single objects >>> test_gmbh = Company.objects.get(name='Test GmbH') >>> test_gmbh.num_employees 32 >>> test_gmbh.num_employees = F('num_employees') + 4 >>> test_gmbh.save() >>> test_gmbh = Company.objects.get(pk=test_gmbh.pk) >>> test_gmbh.num_employees 36 # F expressions cannot be used to update attributes which are foreign keys, or # attributes which involve joins. >>> test_gmbh.point_of_contact = None >>> test_gmbh.save() >>> test_gmbh.point_of_contact is None True >>> test_gmbh.point_of_contact = F('ceo') Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Cannot assign "": "Company.point_of_contact" must be a "Employee" instance. >>> test_gmbh.point_of_contact = test_gmbh.ceo >>> test_gmbh.save() >>> test_gmbh.name = F('ceo__last_name') >>> test_gmbh.save() Traceback (most recent call last): ... FieldError: Joined field references are not permitted in this query # F expressions cannot be used to update attributes on objects which do not yet # exist in the database >>> acme = Company(name='The Acme Widget Co.', num_employees=12, num_chairs=5, ... ceo=test_gmbh.ceo) >>> acme.num_employees = F('num_employees') + 16 >>> acme.save() Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: int() argument must be a string or a number... """}