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[1.1.X] Created a 'DB optimization' topic, with cross-refs to relevant sections.

Also fixed #10291, which was related, and cleaned up some inconsistent doc labels.

Backport of r12229 from trunk


git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.1.X@12230 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Luke Plant
2010-01-16 03:26:02 +00:00
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@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ You can evaluate a ``QuerySet`` in the following ways:
iterating over a ``QuerySet`` will take advantage of your database to
load data and instantiate objects only as you need them.
* **bool().** Testing a ``QuerySet`` in a boolean context, such as using
``bool()``, ``or``, ``and`` or an ``if`` statement, will cause the query
to be executed. If there is at least one result, the ``QuerySet`` is
``True``, otherwise ``False``. For example::
if Entry.objects.filter(headline="Test"):
print "There is at least one Entry with the headline Test"
Note: *Don't* use this if all you want to do is determine if at least one
result exists, and don't need the actual objects. It's more efficient to
use ``exists()`` (see below).
.. _pickling QuerySets:
Pickling QuerySets
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ a model which defines a default ordering, or when using
ordering was undefined prior to calling ``reverse()``, and will remain
undefined afterward).
.. _querysets-distinct:
.. _queryset-distinct:
``distinct()``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -336,6 +348,8 @@ query spans multiple tables, it's possible to get duplicate results when a
``values()`` call.
.. _queryset-values:
``values(*fields)``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -616,7 +630,7 @@ call, since they are conflicting options.
Both the ``depth`` argument and the ability to specify field names in the call
to ``select_related()`` are new in Django version 1.0.
.. _extra:
.. _queryset-extra:
``extra(select=None, where=None, params=None, tables=None, order_by=None, select_params=None)``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1043,17 +1057,18 @@ Example::
If you pass ``in_bulk()`` an empty list, you'll get an empty dictionary.
.. _queryset-iterator:
``iterator()``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Evaluates the ``QuerySet`` (by performing the query) and returns an
`iterator`_ over the results. A ``QuerySet`` typically reads all of
its results and instantiates all of the corresponding objects the
first time you access it; ``iterator()`` will instead read results and
instantiate objects in discrete chunks, yielding them one at a
time. For a ``QuerySet`` which returns a large number of objects, this
often results in better performance and a significant reduction in
memory use.
`iterator`_ over the results. A ``QuerySet`` typically caches its
results internally so that repeated evaluations do not result in
additional queries; ``iterator()`` will instead read results directly,
without doing any caching at the ``QuerySet`` level. For a
``QuerySet`` which returns a large number of objects, this often
results in better performance and a significant reduction in memory
Note that using ``iterator()`` on a ``QuerySet`` which has already
been evaluated will force it to evaluate again, repeating the query.