""" 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.core import meta class Publication(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('title', maxlength=30), ) def __repr__(self): return self.title class Article(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('headline', maxlength=100), meta.ManyToManyField(Publication), ) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create a couple of Publications. >>> p1 = publications.Publication(id=None, title='The Python Journal') >>> p1.save() >>> p2 = publications.Publication(id=None, title='Science News') >>> p2.save() # Create an Article. >>> a1 = articles.Article(id=None, headline='Django lets you build Web apps easily') >>> a1.save() # Associate the Article with one Publication. set_publications() returns a # boolean, representing whether any records were added or deleted. >>> a1.set_publications([p1.id]) True # If we set it again, it'll return False, because the list of Publications # hasn't changed. >>> a1.set_publications([p1.id]) False # Create another Article, and set it to appear in both Publications. >>> a2 = articles.Article(id=None, headline='NASA uses Python') >>> a2.save() >>> a2.set_publications([p1.id, p2.id]) True >>> a2.set_publications([p1.id]) True >>> a2.set_publications([p1.id, p2.id]) True # Article objects have access to their related Publication objects. >>> a1.get_publication_list() [The Python Journal] >>> a2.get_publication_list() [The Python Journal, Science News] # Publication objects have access to their related Article objects. >>> p2.get_article_list() [NASA uses Python] >>> p1.get_article_list(order_by=['headline']) [Django lets you build Web apps easily, NASA uses Python] # If we delete an article, its publication won't be able to access it. >>> a2.delete() >>> articles.get_list() [Django lets you build Web apps easily] >>> p1.get_article_list(order_by=['headline']) [Django lets you build Web apps easily] """