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Akshesh 156e2d59cf Fixed #26709 -- Added class-based indexes.
Added the AddIndex and RemoveIndex operations to use them in migrations.

Thanks markush, mjtamlyn, timgraham, and charettes for review and advice.
2016-06-27 10:41:01 -04:00

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Model index reference
=====================
.. module:: django.db.models.indexes
.. currentmodule:: django.db.models
.. versionadded:: 1.11
Index classes ease creating database indexes. This document explains the API
references of :class:`Index` which includes the `index options`_.
.. admonition:: Referencing built-in indexes
Indexes are defined in ``django.db.models.indexes``, but for convenience
they're imported into :mod:`django.db.models`. The standard convention is
to use ``from django.db import models`` and refer to the indexes as
``models.<IndexClass>``.
``Index`` options
=================
.. class:: Index(fields=[], name=None)
Creates an index (B-Tree) in the database.
``fields``
-----------
.. attribute:: Index.fields
A list of the name of the fields on which the index is desired.
``name``
--------
.. attribute:: Index.name
The name of the index. If ``name`` isn't provided Django will auto-generate a
name. For compatibility with different databases, index names cannot be longer
than 30 characters and shouldn't start with a number (0-9) or underscore (_).
.. seealso::
Use the :class:`~django.db.migrations.operations.AddIndex` and
:class:`~django.db.migrations.operations.RemoveIndex` operations to add
and remove indexes.