From 862328a98f63febb501a6ebb5d09c2db0574b53d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 03:44:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Simplified example in 'Limiting QuerySets' section of
docs/db-api.txt.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@2855 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
---
docs/db-api.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt
index a25a374bbc..c207812081 100644
--- a/docs/db-api.txt
+++ b/docs/db-api.txt
@@ -335,11 +335,18 @@ return a list of every *second* object of the first 10::
Entry.objects.all()[:10:2]
To retrieve a *single* object rather than a list
-(e.g. ``SELECT foo FROM bar LIMIT 1``), slice the ``QuerySet`` to ``[:1]`` and
-call ``get()`` on that. For example, this returns the first ``Entry`` in the
-database, after ordering entries alphabetically by headline::
+(e.g. ``SELECT foo FROM bar LIMIT 1``), using a simple index instead of a
+slice. For example, this returns the first ``Entry`` in the database, after
+ordering entries alphabetically by headline::
- Entry.objects.order_by('headline')[:1].get()
+ Entry.objects.order_by('headline')[0]
+
+This is equivalent to::
+
+ Entry.objects.order_by('headline')[0:1].get()
+
+Note that either of these two examples will raise ``DoesNotExist`` if no
+objects match the given criteria.
QuerySet methods that return new QuerySets
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