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@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ the relationship should work. All are optional:
force Django to add the descriptor for the reverse
relationship, allowing ``ManyToMany`` relationships to be
non-symmetrical.
``db_table`` The name of the table to create for storing the many-to-many
``db_table`` The name of the table to create for storing the many-to-many
data. If this is not provided, Django will assume a default
name based upon the names of the two tables being joined.
@ -1272,8 +1272,8 @@ A few special cases to note about ``list_display``:
return '<span style="color: #%s;">%s %s</span>' % (self.color_code, self.first_name, self.last_name)
colored_name.allow_tags = True
* If the string given is a method of the model that returns True or False
Django will display a pretty "on" or "off" icon if you give the method a
* If the string given is a method of the model that returns True or False
Django will display a pretty "on" or "off" icon if you give the method a
``boolean`` attribute whose value is ``True``.
Here's a full example model::
@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ This should be set to a list of field names that will be searched whenever
somebody submits a search query in that text box.
These fields should be some kind of text field, such as ``CharField`` or
``TextField``. You can also perform a related lookup on a ``ForeignKey`` with
``TextField``. You can also perform a related lookup on a ``ForeignKey`` with
the lookup API "follow" notation::
search_fields = ['foreign_key__related_fieldname']
@ -1721,20 +1721,19 @@ But this template code is good::
<a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ object.name }}</a>
``permalink``
-------------
The ``permalink`` decorator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** New in Django development version. **
**New in Django development version.**
The problem with the way we wrote ``get_absolute_url()`` above is that it
slightly violates the DRY principle: the URL for this object is defined both
in the URLConf file and in the model.
You can further decouple your models from the URL configuration using the
``permalink`` function. This function acts as a decorator and is passed the
view function and any parameters you would use for accessing this instance
directly. Django then works out the correct full URL path using the URL
configuration file. For example::
You can further decouple your models from the URLconf using the ``permalink``
decorator. This decorator is passed the view function and any parameters you
would use for accessing this instance directly. Django then works out the
correct full URL path using the URLconf. For example::
from django.db.models import permalink
@ -1742,9 +1741,9 @@ configuration file. For example::
return ('people.views.details', str(self.id))
get_absolute_url = permalink(get_absolute_url)
In this way, you are tying the model's absolute URL to the view that is used
to display it, without repeating the URL information anywhere. You still use
the ``get_absolute_url`` method in templates, as before.
In this way, you're tying the model's absolute URL to the view that is used
to display it, without repeating the URL information anywhere. You can still
use the ``get_absolute_url`` method in templates, as before.
Executing custom SQL
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