""" 5. Many-to-many relationships To define a many-to-many relationship, use ManyToManyField(). In this example, an article can be published in multiple publications, and a publication has multiple articles. """ from django.db import models class Publication(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=30) def __unicode__(self): return self.title class Meta: ordering = ('title',) class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication) def __unicode__(self): return self.headline class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) __test__ = {'API_TESTS':""" # Create a couple of Publications. >>> p1 = Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal') >>> p1.save() >>> p2 = Publication(id=None, title='Science News') >>> p2.save() >>> p3 = Publication(id=None, title='Science Weekly') >>> p3.save() # Create an Article. >>> a1 = Article(id=None, headline='Django lets you build Web apps easily') # You can't associate it with a Publication until it's been saved. >>> a1.publications.add(p1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: 'Article' instance needs to have a primary key value before a many-to-many relationship can be used. # Save it! >>> a1.save() # Associate the Article with a Publication. >>> a1.publications.add(p1) # Create another Article, and set it to appear in both Publications. >>> a2 = Article(id=None, headline='NASA uses Python') >>> a2.save() >>> a2.publications.add(p1, p2) >>> a2.publications.add(p3) # Adding a second time is OK >>> a2.publications.add(p3) # Add a Publication directly via publications.add by using keyword arguments. >>> new_publication = a2.publications.create(title='Highlights for Children') # Article objects have access to their related Publication objects. >>> a1.publications.all() [] >>> a2.publications.all() [, , , ] # Publication objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> p1.article_set.all() [, ] >>> Publication.objects.get(id=4).article_set.all() [] # We can perform kwarg queries across m2m relationships >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__id__exact=1) [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__pk=1) [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications=1) [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications=p1) [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science") [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science").distinct() [] # The count() function respects distinct() as well. >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science").count() 2 >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science").distinct().count() 1 >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__in=[1,2]).distinct() [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__in=[1,p2]).distinct() [, ] >>> Article.objects.filter(publications__in=[p1,p2]).distinct() [, ] # Reverse m2m queries are supported (i.e., starting at the table that doesn't # have a ManyToManyField). >>> Publication.objects.filter(id__exact=1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(pk=1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith="NASA") [, , , ] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__id__exact=1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__pk=1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article=1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article=a1) [] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[1,2]).distinct() [, , , ] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[1,a2]).distinct() [, , , ] >>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[a1,a2]).distinct() [, , , ] # Excluding a related item works as you would expect, too (although the SQL # involved is a little complex). >>> Article.objects.exclude(publications=p2) [] # If we delete a Publication, its Articles won't be able to access it. >>> p1.delete() >>> Publication.objects.all() [, , ] >>> a1 = Article.objects.get(pk=1) >>> a1.publications.all() [] # If we delete an Article, its Publications won't be able to access it. >>> a2.delete() >>> Article.objects.all() [] >>> p2.article_set.all() [] # Adding via the 'other' end of an m2m >>> a4 = Article(headline='NASA finds intelligent life on Earth') >>> a4.save() >>> p2.article_set.add(a4) >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # Adding via the other end using keywords >>> new_article = p2.article_set.create(headline='Oxygen-free diet works wonders') >>> p2.article_set.all() [, ] >>> a5 = p2.article_set.all()[1] >>> a5.publications.all() [] # Removing publication from an article: >>> a4.publications.remove(p2) >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # And from the other end >>> p2.article_set.remove(a5) >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a5.publications.all() [] # Relation sets can be assigned. Assignment clears any existing set members >>> p2.article_set = [a4, a5] >>> p2.article_set.all() [, ] >>> a4.publications.all() [] >>> a4.publications = [p3] >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # Relation sets can be cleared: >>> p2.article_set.clear() >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # And you can clear from the other end >>> p2.article_set.add(a4, a5) >>> p2.article_set.all() [, ] >>> a4.publications.all() [, ] >>> a4.publications.clear() >>> a4.publications.all() [] >>> p2.article_set.all() [] # Relation sets can also be set using primary key values >>> p2.article_set = [a4.id, a5.id] >>> p2.article_set.all() [, ] >>> a4.publications.all() [] >>> a4.publications = [p3.id] >>> p2.article_set.all() [] >>> a4.publications.all() [] # Recreate the article and Publication we have deleted. >>> p1 = Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal') >>> p1.save() >>> a2 = Article(id=None, headline='NASA uses Python') >>> a2.save() >>> a2.publications.add(p1, p2, p3) # Bulk delete some Publications - references to deleted publications should go >>> Publication.objects.filter(title__startswith='Science').delete() >>> Publication.objects.all() [, ] >>> Article.objects.all() [, , , ] >>> a2.publications.all() [] # Bulk delete some articles - references to deleted objects should go >>> q = Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Django') >>> print q [] >>> q.delete() # After the delete, the QuerySet cache needs to be cleared, and the referenced objects should be gone >>> print q [] >>> p1.article_set.all() [] # An alternate to calling clear() is to assign the empty set >>> p1.article_set = [] >>> p1.article_set.all() [] >>> a2.publications = [p1, new_publication] >>> a2.publications.all() [, ] >>> a2.publications = [] >>> a2.publications.all() [] """}