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[1.0.X] A whole lotta documentation fixes, backported from r10303 on trunk.
I got my commit message cut off the first try, but luckily I get to still thank Kevin Kubasik for rolling all these fixes up into a single easy patch. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.0.X@10306 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Model field reference
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.. module:: django.db.models.fields
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:synopsis: Built-in field types.
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.. currentmodule:: django.db.models
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This document contains all the gory details about all the `field options`_ and
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`field types`_ Django's got to offer.
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@@ -45,11 +47,11 @@ booleans and dates. For both types of fields, you will also need to set
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:attr:`~Field.blank`).
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Avoid using :attr:`~Field.null` on string-based fields such as
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:class:`~django.db.models.CharField` and :class:`~django.db.models.TextField`
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unless you have an excellent reason. If a string-based field has ``null=True``,
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that means it has two possible values for "no data": ``NULL``, and the empty
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string. In most cases, it's redundant to have two possible values for "no
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data;" Django convention is to use the empty string, not ``NULL``.
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:class:`CharField` and :class:`TextField` unless you have an excellent reason.
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If a string-based field has ``null=True``, that means it has two possible values
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for "no data": ``NULL``, and the empty string. In most cases, it's redundant to
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have two possible values for "no data;" Django convention is to use the empty
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string, not ``NULL``.
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.. note::
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@@ -142,9 +144,8 @@ documentation.
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Finally, note that choices can be any iterable object -- not necessarily a list
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or tuple. This lets you construct choices dynamically. But if you find yourself
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hacking :attr:`~Field.choices` to be dynamic, you're probably better off using a
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proper database table with a :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`.
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:attr:`~Field.choices` is meant for static data that doesn't change much, if
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ever.
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proper database table with a :class:`ForeignKey`. :attr:`~Field.choices` is
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meant for static data that doesn't change much, if ever.
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``db_column``
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-------------
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@@ -220,10 +221,10 @@ Alternatively you can use plain text and
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If ``True``, this field is the primary key for the model.
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If you don't specify ``primary_key=True`` for any fields in your model, Django
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will automatically add an :class:`~django.db.models.IntegerField` to hold the
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primary key, so you don't need to set ``primary_key=True`` on any of your
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fields unless you want to override the default primary-key behavior. For more,
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see :ref:`automatic-primary-key-fields`.
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will automatically add an :class:`IntegerField` to hold the primary key, so you
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don't need to set ``primary_key=True`` on any of your fields unless you want to
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override the default primary-key behavior. For more, see
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:ref:`automatic-primary-key-fields`.
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``primary_key=True`` implies :attr:`null=False <Field.null>` and :attr:`unique=True <Field.unique>`.
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Only one primary key is allowed on an object.
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@@ -240,18 +241,16 @@ you try to save a model with a duplicate value in a :attr:`~Field.unique`
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field, a :exc:`django.db.IntegrityError` will be raised by the model's
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.save` method.
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This option is valid on all field types except
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:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` and
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:class:`~django.db.models.FileField`.
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This option is valid on all field types except :class:`ManyToManyField` and
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:class:`FileField`.
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``unique_for_date``
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-------------------
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.. attribute:: Field.unique_for_date
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Set this to the name of a :class:`~django.db.models.DateField` or
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:class:`~django.db.models.DateTimeField` to require that this field be unique
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for the value of the date field.
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Set this to the name of a :class:`DateField` or :class:`DateTimeField` to
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require that this field be unique for the value of the date field.
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For example, if you have a field ``title`` that has
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``unique_for_date="pub_date"``, then Django wouldn't allow the entry of two
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@@ -734,7 +733,10 @@ A :class:`CharField` for a URL. Has one extra optional argument:
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.. attribute:: URLField.verify_exists
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If ``True`` (the default), the URL given will be checked for existence
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(i.e., the URL actually loads and doesn't give a 404 response).
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(i.e., the URL actually loads and doesn't give a 404 response). It should
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be noted that when using the single-threaded development server, validating
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a url being serverd by the same server will hang.
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This should not be a problem for multithreaded servers.
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The admin represents this as an ``<input type="text">`` (a single-line input).
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@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ In SQL terms, that evaluates to::
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SELECT ...
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WHERE NOT pub_date > '2005-1-3'
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AND NOT headline = 'Hello'
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OR NOT headline = 'Hello'
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Note the second example is more restrictive.
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@@ -1250,8 +1250,18 @@ search
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A boolean full-text search, taking advantage of full-text indexing. This is
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like ``contains`` but is significantly faster due to full-text indexing.
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Example::
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Entry.objects.filter(headline__search="+Django -jazz Python")
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SQL equivalent::
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SELECT ... WHERE MATCH(tablename, headline) AGAINST (+Django -jazz Python IN BOOLEAN MODE);
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Note this is only available in MySQL and requires direct manipulation of the
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database to add the full-text index.
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database to add the full-text index. By default Django uses BOOLEAN MODE for
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full text searches. `Please check MySQL documentation for additional details. <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-boolean.html>`_
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regex
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~~~~~
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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Extra methods on managers when used in a ForeignKey context
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.... body_text='Hi',
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.... pub_date=datetime.date(2005, 1, 1)
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.... )
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>>> e.save()
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>>> e.save(force_insert=True)
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Note that there's no need to specify the keyword argument of the model that
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defines the relationship. In the above example, we don't pass the parameter
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