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"""
5. Many-to-many relationships
To define a many-to-many relationship, use ``ManyToManyField()``.
In this example, an ``Article`` can be published in multiple ``Publication``
objects, and a ``Publication`` has multiple ``Article`` objects.
"""
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)
# Adding an object of the wrong type raises TypeError
>>> a2.publications.add(a1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: 'Publication' instance expected
# 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()
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> a2.publications.all()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
# Publication objects have access to their related Article objects.
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> p1.article_set.all()
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Publication.objects.get(id=4).article_set.all()
[<Article: NASA uses Python>]
# We can perform kwarg queries across m2m relationships
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__id__exact=1)
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__pk=1)
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications=1)
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications=p1)
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science")
[<Article: NASA uses Python>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__title__startswith="Science").distinct()
[<Article: NASA uses Python>]
# 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: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__in=[1,p2]).distinct()
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
>>> Article.objects.filter(publications__in=[p1,p2]).distinct()
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA uses Python>]
# Reverse m2m queries are supported (i.e., starting at the table that doesn't
# have a ManyToManyField).
>>> Publication.objects.filter(id__exact=1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(pk=1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__headline__startswith="NASA")
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__id__exact=1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__pk=1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article=1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article=a1)
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[1,2]).distinct()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[1,a2]).distinct()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Publication.objects.filter(article__in=[a1,a2]).distinct()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
# Excluding a related item works as you would expect, too (although the SQL
# involved is a little complex).
>>> Article.objects.exclude(publications=p2)
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>]
# If we delete a Publication, its Articles won't be able to access it.
>>> p1.delete()
>>> Publication.objects.all()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>]
>>> 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()
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>]
>>> 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()
[<Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science News>]
# Adding via the other end using keywords
>>> new_article = p2.article_set.create(headline='Oxygen-free diet works wonders')
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>, <Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a5 = p2.article_set.all()[1]
>>> a5.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science News>]
# Removing publication from an article:
>>> a4.publications.remove(p2)
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> 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()
[<Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>, <Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science News>]
>>> a4.publications = [p3]
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science Weekly>]
# Relation sets can be cleared:
>>> p2.article_set.clear()
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science Weekly>]
# And you can clear from the other end
>>> p2.article_set.add(a4, a5)
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>, <Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science News>, <Publication: Science Weekly>]
>>> a4.publications.clear()
>>> a4.publications.all()
[]
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
# Relation sets can also be set using primary key values
>>> p2.article_set = [a4.id, a5.id]
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>, <Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science News>]
>>> a4.publications = [p3.id]
>>> p2.article_set.all()
[<Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a4.publications.all()
[<Publication: Science Weekly>]
# 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()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> Article.objects.all()
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>, <Article: NASA finds intelligent life on Earth>, <Article: NASA uses Python>, <Article: Oxygen-free diet works wonders>]
>>> a2.publications.all()
[<Publication: The Python Journal>]
# Bulk delete some articles - references to deleted objects should go
>>> q = Article.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Django')
>>> print q
[<Article: Django lets you build Web apps easily>]
>>> 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()
[<Article: NASA uses Python>]
# 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()
[<Publication: Highlights for Children>, <Publication: The Python Journal>]
>>> a2.publications = []
>>> a2.publications.all()
[]
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