Mastering Django: Core

Appendix B. Database API Reference

Django's database API is the other half of the model API discussed in Appendix A. Once you've defined a model, you'll use this API any time you need to access the database. You've seen examples of this API in use throughout the book; this appendix explains all the various options in detail.

Throughout this appendix I'll refer to the following models, which comprise a Weblog application:

from django.db import models class Blog(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=100) tagline = models.TextField() def __str__(self): return self.name class Author(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=50) email = models.EmailField() def __str__(self): return self.name class Entry(models.Model): blog = models.ForeignKey(Blog) ...