<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang=""> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Managers — Django 1.8.19 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '../../', VERSION: '1.8.19', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../_static/doctools.js"></script> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../../genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../../search.html" /> <link rel="top" title="Django 1.8.19 documentation" href="../../contents.html" /> <link rel="up" title="Models and databases" href="index.html" /> <link rel="next" title="Performing raw SQL queries" href="sql.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="Aggregation" href="aggregation.html" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../templatebuiltins.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function($) { if (!django_template_builtins) { // templatebuiltins.js missing, do nothing. return; } $(document).ready(function() { // Hyperlink Django template tags and filters var base = "../../ref/templates/builtins.html"; if (base == "#") { // Special case for builtins.html itself base = ""; } // Tags are keywords, class '.k' $("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.k").each(function(i, elem) { var tagname = $(elem).text(); if ($.inArray(tagname, django_template_builtins.ttags) != -1) { var fragment = tagname.replace(/_/, '-'); $(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + tagname + "</a>"); } }); // Filters are functions, class '.nf' $("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.nf").each(function(i, elem) { var filtername = $(elem).text(); if ($.inArray(filtername, django_template_builtins.tfilters) != -1) { var fragment = filtername.replace(/_/, '-'); $(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + filtername + "</a>"); } }); }); })(jQuery); </script> </head> <body role="document"> <div class="document"> <div id="custom-doc" class="yui-t6"> <div id="hd"> <h1><a href="../../index.html">Django 1.8.19 documentation</a></h1> <div id="global-nav"> <a title="Home page" href="../../index.html">Home</a> | <a title="Table of contents" href="../../contents.html">Table of contents</a> | <a title="Global index" href="../../genindex.html">Index</a> | <a title="Module index" href="../../py-modindex.html">Modules</a> </div> <div class="nav"> « <a href="aggregation.html" title="Aggregation">previous</a> | <a href="../index.html" title="Using Django" accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="sql.html" title="Performing raw SQL queries">next</a> »</div> </div> <div id="bd"> <div id="yui-main"> <div class="yui-b"> <div class="yui-g" id="topics-db-managers"> <div class="section" id="s-managers"> <span id="managers"></span><h1>Managers<a class="headerlink" href="#managers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <dl class="class"> <dt id="django.db.models.Manager"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descname">Manager</code><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/django/db/models/manager.html#Manager"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#django.db.models.Manager" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>A <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> is the interface through which database query operations are provided to Django models. At least one <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> exists for every model in a Django application.</p> <p>The way <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> classes work is documented in <a class="reference internal" href="queries.html"><span class="doc">Making queries</span></a>; this document specifically touches on model options that customize <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> behavior.</p> <div class="section" id="s-manager-names"> <span id="s-id1"></span><span id="manager-names"></span><span id="id1"></span><h2>Manager names<a class="headerlink" href="#manager-names" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>By default, Django adds a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> with the name <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">objects</span></code> to every Django model class. However, if you want to use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">objects</span></code> as a field name, or if you want to use a name other than <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">objects</span></code> for the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, you can rename it on a per-model basis. To rename the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> for a given class, define a class attribute of type <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">models.Manager()</span></code> on that model. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.db</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">models</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Person</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1">#...</span> <span class="n">people</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Using this example model, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.objects</span></code> will generate an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AttributeError</span></code> exception, but <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.people.all()</span></code> will provide a list of all <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person</span></code> objects.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-custom-managers"> <span id="s-id2"></span><span id="custom-managers"></span><span id="id2"></span><h2>Custom Managers<a class="headerlink" href="#custom-managers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>You can use a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> in a particular model by extending the base <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> class and instantiating your custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> in your model.</p> <p>There are two reasons you might want to customize a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>: to add extra <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> methods, and/or to modify the initial <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> returns.</p> <div class="section" id="s-adding-extra-manager-methods"> <span id="adding-extra-manager-methods"></span><h3>Adding extra Manager methods<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-extra-manager-methods" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Adding extra <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> methods is the preferred way to add “table-level” functionality to your models. (For “row-level” functionality – i.e., functions that act on a single instance of a model object – use <a class="reference internal" href="models.html#model-methods"><span class="std std-ref">Model methods</span></a>, not custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> methods.)</p> <p>A custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> method can return anything you want. It doesn’t have to return a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code>.</p> <p>For example, this custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> offers a method <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">with_counts()</span></code>, which returns a list of all <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OpinionPoll</span></code> objects, each with an extra <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">num_responses</span></code> attribute that is the result of an aggregate query:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.db</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">models</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PollManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">with_counts</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.db</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">connection</span> <span class="n">cursor</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">connection</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cursor</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">cursor</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">execute</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"""</span> <span class="s2"> SELECT p.id, p.question, p.poll_date, COUNT(*)</span> <span class="s2"> FROM polls_opinionpoll p, polls_response r</span> <span class="s2"> WHERE p.id = r.poll_id</span> <span class="s2"> GROUP BY p.id, p.question, p.poll_date</span> <span class="s2"> ORDER BY p.poll_date DESC"""</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">result_list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[]</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">row</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">cursor</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">fetchall</span><span class="p">():</span> <span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">id</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">question</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">poll_date</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="n">p</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">num_responses</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">row</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">result_list</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">result_list</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">OpinionPoll</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">question</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">200</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">poll_date</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DateField</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">PollManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Response</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">poll</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ForeignKey</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">OpinionPoll</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">person_name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">response</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TextField</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>With this example, you’d use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OpinionPoll.objects.with_counts()</span></code> to return that list of <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OpinionPoll</span></code> objects with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">num_responses</span></code> attributes.</p> <p>Another thing to note about this example is that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> methods can access <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.model</span></code> to get the model class to which they’re attached.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-modifying-initial-manager-querysets"> <span id="modifying-initial-manager-querysets"></span><h3>Modifying initial Manager QuerySets<a class="headerlink" href="#modifying-initial-manager-querysets" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>A <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>’s base <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> returns all objects in the system. For example, using this model:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">django.db</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">models</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Book</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>...the statement <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Book.objects.all()</span></code> will return all books in the database.</p> <p>You can override a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>’s base <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> by overriding the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager.get_queryset()</span></code> method. <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_queryset()</span></code> should return a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> with the properties you require.</p> <p>For example, the following model has <em>two</em> <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>s – one that returns all objects, and one that returns only the books by Roald Dahl:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># First, define the Manager subclass.</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">DahlBookManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DahlBookManager</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_queryset</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">author</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'Roald Dahl'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Then hook it into the Book model explicitly.</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Book</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">author</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># The default manager.</span> <span class="n">dahl_objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">DahlBookManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># The Dahl-specific manager.</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>With this sample model, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Book.objects.all()</span></code> will return all books in the database, but <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Book.dahl_objects.all()</span></code> will only return the ones written by Roald Dahl.</p> <p>Of course, because <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_queryset()</span></code> returns a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> object, you can use <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filter()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">exclude()</span></code> and all the other <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods on it. So these statements are all legal:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Book</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dahl_objects</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">all</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">Book</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dahl_objects</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'Matilda'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">Book</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dahl_objects</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">count</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>This example also pointed out another interesting technique: using multiple managers on the same model. You can attach as many <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager()</span></code> instances to a model as you’d like. This is an easy way to define common “filters” for your models.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">AuthorManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">AuthorManager</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_queryset</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">role</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'A'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">EditorManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">EditorManager</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_queryset</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">role</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'E'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Person</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">first_name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">last_name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">role</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="s1">'A'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Author'</span><span class="p">)),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'E'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Editor'</span><span class="p">))))</span> <span class="n">people</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">authors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AuthorManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">editors</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">EditorManager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>This example allows you to request <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.authors.all()</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.editors.all()</span></code>, and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.people.all()</span></code>, yielding predictable results.</p> <div class="section" id="s-default-managers"> <span id="s-id3"></span><span id="default-managers"></span><span id="id3"></span><h4>Default managers<a class="headerlink" href="#default-managers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4> <p>If you use custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> objects, take note that the first <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> Django encounters (in the order in which they’re defined in the model) has a special status. Django interprets the first <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> defined in a class as the “default” <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, and several parts of Django (including <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/django-admin.html#django-admin-dumpdata"><code class="xref std std-djadmin docutils literal"><span class="pre">dumpdata</span></code></a>) will use that <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> exclusively for that model. As a result, it’s a good idea to be careful in your choice of default manager in order to avoid a situation where overriding <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_queryset()</span></code> results in an inability to retrieve objects you’d like to work with.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-using-managers-for-related-object-access"> <span id="s-managers-for-related-objects"></span><span id="using-managers-for-related-object-access"></span><span id="managers-for-related-objects"></span><h4>Using managers for related object access<a class="headerlink" href="#using-managers-for-related-object-access" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4> <p>By default, Django uses an instance of a “plain” manager class when accessing related objects (i.e. <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">choice.poll</span></code>), not the default manager on the related object. This is because Django needs to be able to retrieve the related object, even if it would otherwise be filtered out (and hence be inaccessible) by the default manager.</p> <p>If the normal plain manager class (<a class="reference internal" href="#django.db.models.Manager" title="django.db.models.Manager"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.db.models.Manager</span></code></a>) is not appropriate for your circumstances, you can force Django to use the same class as the default manager for your model by setting the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> attribute on the manager class. This is documented fully <a class="reference internal" href="#manager-types">below</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="s-calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-the-manager"> <span id="s-calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-manager"></span><span id="calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-the-manager"></span><span id="calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-manager"></span><h3>Calling custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods from the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-the-manager" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>While most methods from the standard <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> are accessible directly from the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, this is only the case for the extra methods defined on a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> if you also implement them on the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PersonQuerySet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">QuerySet</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">authors</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">role</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'A'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">editors</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">filter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">role</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'E'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PersonManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">PersonQuerySet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">model</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">using</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">authors</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_queryset</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">authors</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">editors</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_queryset</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">editors</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Person</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">first_name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">last_name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">role</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">CharField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">max_length</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">choices</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="s1">'A'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Author'</span><span class="p">)),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'E'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'Editor'</span><span class="p">))))</span> <span class="n">people</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">PersonManager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>This example allows you to call both <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">authors()</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">editors()</span></code> directly from the manager <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Person.people</span></code>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-creating-manager-with-queryset-methods"> <span id="s-create-manager-with-queryset-methods"></span><span id="creating-manager-with-queryset-methods"></span><span id="create-manager-with-queryset-methods"></span><h3>Creating <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-manager-with-queryset-methods" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <div class="versionadded"> <span class="title">New in Django 1.7.</span> </div> <p>In lieu of the above approach which requires duplicating methods on both the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> and the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/models/querysets.html#django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager" title="django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet.as_manager()</span></code></a> can be used to create an instance of <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> with a copy of a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code>’s methods:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Person</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="n">people</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">PersonQuerySet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">as_manager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> instance created by <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/models/querysets.html#django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager" title="django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet.as_manager()</span></code></a> will be virtually identical to the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PersonManager</span></code> from the previous example.</p> <p>Not every <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> method makes sense at the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> level; for instance we intentionally prevent the <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/models/querysets.html#django.db.models.query.QuerySet.delete" title="django.db.models.query.QuerySet.delete"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet.delete()</span></code></a> method from being copied onto the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> class.</p> <p>Methods are copied according to the following rules:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>Public methods are copied by default.</li> <li>Private methods (starting with an underscore) are not copied by default.</li> <li>Methods with a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">queryset_only</span></code> attribute set to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">False</span></code> are always copied.</li> <li>Methods with a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">queryset_only</span></code> attribute set to <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">True</span></code> are never copied.</li> </ul> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">CustomQuerySet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">QuerySet</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># Available on both Manager and QuerySet.</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">public_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="c1"># Available only on QuerySet.</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_private_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="c1"># Available only on QuerySet.</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">opted_out_public_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">opted_out_public_method</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">queryset_only</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="c1"># Available on both Manager and QuerySet.</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_opted_in_private_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">_opted_in_private_method</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">queryset_only</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="section" id="s-from-queryset"> <span id="from-queryset"></span><h4>from_queryset<a class="headerlink" href="#from-queryset" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4> <dl class="classmethod"> <dt id="django.db.models.from_queryset"> <em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="descname">from_queryset</code>(<em>queryset_class</em>)<a class="headerlink" href="#django.db.models.from_queryset" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>For advanced usage you might want both a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> and a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code>. You can do that by calling <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager.from_queryset()</span></code> which returns a <em>subclass</em> of your base <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> with a copy of the custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">BaseManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">manager_only_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">CustomQuerySet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">QuerySet</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">manager_and_queryset_method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyModel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">BaseManager</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">from_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">CustomQuerySet</span><span class="p">)()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>You may also store the generated class into a variable:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">CustomManager</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">BaseManager</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">from_queryset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">CustomQuerySet</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyModel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">CustomManager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="s-custom-managers-and-model-inheritance"> <span id="s-custom-managers-and-inheritance"></span><span id="custom-managers-and-model-inheritance"></span><span id="custom-managers-and-inheritance"></span><h3>Custom managers and model inheritance<a class="headerlink" href="#custom-managers-and-model-inheritance" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Class inheritance and model managers aren’t quite a perfect match for each other. Managers are often specific to the classes they are defined on and inheriting them in subclasses isn’t necessarily a good idea. Also, because the first manager declared is the <em>default manager</em>, it is important to allow that to be controlled. So here’s how Django handles custom managers and <a class="reference internal" href="models.html#model-inheritance"><span class="std std-ref">model inheritance</span></a>:</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>Managers defined on non-abstract base classes are <em>not</em> inherited by child classes. If you want to reuse a manager from a non-abstract base, redeclare it explicitly on the child class. These sorts of managers are likely to be fairly specific to the class they are defined on, so inheriting them can often lead to unexpected results (particularly as far as the default manager goes). Therefore, they aren’t passed onto child classes.</li> <li>Managers from abstract base classes are always inherited by the child class, using Python’s normal name resolution order (names on the child class override all others; then come names on the first parent class, and so on). Abstract base classes are designed to capture information and behavior that is common to their child classes. Defining common managers is an appropriate part of this common information.</li> <li>The default manager on a class is either the first manager declared on the class, if that exists, or the default manager of the first abstract base class in the parent hierarchy, if that exists. If no default manager is explicitly declared, Django’s normal default manager is used.</li> </ol> <p>These rules provide the necessary flexibility if you want to install a collection of custom managers on a group of models, via an abstract base class, but still customize the default manager. For example, suppose you have this base class:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">AbstractBase</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">CustomManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">abstract</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If you use this directly in a subclass, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">objects</span></code> will be the default manager if you declare no managers in the base class:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">ChildA</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">AbstractBase</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="c1"># This class has CustomManager as the default manager.</span> <span class="k">pass</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If you want to inherit from <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AbstractBase</span></code>, but provide a different default manager, you can provide the default manager on the child class:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">ChildB</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">AbstractBase</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="c1"># An explicit default manager.</span> <span class="n">default_manager</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">OtherManager</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Here, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">default_manager</span></code> is the default. The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">objects</span></code> manager is still available, since it’s inherited. It just isn’t used as the default.</p> <p>Finally for this example, suppose you want to add extra managers to the child class, but still use the default from <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AbstractBase</span></code>. You can’t add the new manager directly in the child class, as that would override the default and you would have to also explicitly include all the managers from the abstract base class. The solution is to put the extra managers in another base class and introduce it into the inheritance hierarchy <em>after</em> the defaults:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">ExtraManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">extra_manager</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">OtherManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Meta</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">abstract</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">ChildC</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">AbstractBase</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ExtraManager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="c1"># Default manager is CustomManager, but OtherManager is</span> <span class="c1"># also available via the "extra_manager" attribute.</span> <span class="k">pass</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Note that while you can <em>define</em> a custom manager on the abstract model, you can’t <em>invoke</em> any methods using the abstract model. That is:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">ClassA</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">objects</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">do_something</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>is legal, but:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">AbstractBase</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">objects</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">do_something</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>will raise an exception. This is because managers are intended to encapsulate logic for managing collections of objects. Since you can’t have a collection of abstract objects, it doesn’t make sense to be managing them. If you have functionality that applies to the abstract model, you should put that functionality in a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">staticmethod</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">classmethod</span></code> on the abstract model.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-implementation-concerns"> <span id="implementation-concerns"></span><h3>Implementation concerns<a class="headerlink" href="#implementation-concerns" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Whatever features you add to your custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, it must be possible to make a shallow copy of a <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> instance; i.e., the following code must work:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">copy</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">manager</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MyManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">my_copy</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">copy</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">copy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">manager</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Django makes shallow copies of manager objects during certain queries; if your Manager cannot be copied, those queries will fail.</p> <p>This won’t be an issue for most custom managers. If you are just adding simple methods to your <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code>, it is unlikely that you will inadvertently make instances of your <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> uncopyable. However, if you’re overriding <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__getattr__</span></code> or some other private method of your <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> object that controls object state, you should ensure that you don’t affect the ability of your <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> to be copied.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="s-controlling-automatic-manager-types"> <span id="s-manager-types"></span><span id="controlling-automatic-manager-types"></span><span id="manager-types"></span><h2>Controlling automatic Manager types<a class="headerlink" href="#controlling-automatic-manager-types" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>This document has already mentioned a couple of places where Django creates a manager class for you: <a class="reference internal" href="#manager-names">default managers</a> and the “plain” manager used to <a class="reference internal" href="#managers-for-related-objects">access related objects</a>. There are other places in the implementation of Django where temporary plain managers are needed. Those automatically created managers will normally be instances of the <a class="reference internal" href="#django.db.models.Manager" title="django.db.models.Manager"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.db.models.Manager</span></code></a> class.</p> <p>Throughout this section, we will use the term “automatic manager” to mean a manager that Django creates for you – either as a default manager on a model with no managers, or to use temporarily when accessing related objects.</p> <p>Sometimes this default class won’t be the right choice. One example is in the <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/contrib/gis/index.html#module-django.contrib.gis" title="django.contrib.gis: Geographic Information System (GIS) extensions for Django"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.contrib.gis</span></code></a> application that ships with Django itself. All <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gis</span></code> models must use a special manager class (<a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/contrib/gis/model-api.html#django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeoManager" title="django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeoManager"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">GeoManager</span></code></a>) because they need a special queryset (<a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.html#django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeoQuerySet" title="django.contrib.gis.db.models.GeoQuerySet"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">GeoQuerySet</span></code></a>) to be used for interacting with the database. It turns out that models which require a special manager like this need to use the same manager class wherever an automatic manager is created.</p> <p>Django provides a way for custom manager developers to say that their manager class should be used for automatic managers whenever it is the default manager on a model. This is done by setting the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> attribute on the manager class:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">use_for_related_fields</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If this attribute is set on the <em>default</em> manager for a model (only the default manager is considered in these situations), Django will use that class whenever it needs to automatically create a manager for the class. Otherwise, it will use <a class="reference internal" href="#django.db.models.Manager" title="django.db.models.Manager"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.db.models.Manager</span></code></a>.</p> <div class="admonition-historical-note admonition"> <p class="first admonition-title">Historical Note</p> <p class="last">Given the purpose for which it’s used, the name of this attribute (<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code>) might seem a little odd. Originally, the attribute only controlled the type of manager used for related field access, which is where the name came from. As it became clear the concept was more broadly useful, the name hasn’t been changed. This is primarily so that existing code will <a class="reference internal" href="../../misc/api-stability.html"><span class="doc">continue to work</span></a> in future Django versions.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-writing-correct-managers-for-use-in-automatic-manager-instances"> <span id="writing-correct-managers-for-use-in-automatic-manager-instances"></span><h3>Writing correct Managers for use in automatic Manager instances<a class="headerlink" href="#writing-correct-managers-for-use-in-automatic-manager-instances" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>As already suggested by the <a class="reference internal" href="../../ref/contrib/gis/index.html#module-django.contrib.gis" title="django.contrib.gis: Geographic Information System (GIS) extensions for Django"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.contrib.gis</span></code></a> example, above, the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> feature is primarily for managers that need to return a custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> subclass. In providing this functionality in your manager, there are a couple of things to remember.</p> <div class="section" id="s-do-not-filter-away-any-results-in-this-type-of-manager-subclass"> <span id="do-not-filter-away-any-results-in-this-type-of-manager-subclass"></span><h4>Do not filter away any results in this type of manager subclass<a class="headerlink" href="#do-not-filter-away-any-results-in-this-type-of-manager-subclass" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4> <p>One reason an automatic manager is used is to access objects that are related to from some other model. In those situations, Django has to be able to see all the objects for the model it is fetching, so that <em>anything</em> which is referred to can be retrieved.</p> <p>If you override the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_queryset()</span></code> method and filter out any rows, Django will return incorrect results. Don’t do that. A manager that filters results in <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_queryset()</span></code> is not appropriate for use as an automatic manager.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="s-set-use-for-related-fields-when-you-define-the-class"> <span id="set-use-for-related-fields-when-you-define-the-class"></span><h4>Set <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> when you define the class<a class="headerlink" href="#set-use-for-related-fields-when-you-define-the-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h4> <p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> attribute must be set on the manager <em>class</em>, not on an <em>instance</em> of the class. The earlier example shows the correct way to set it, whereas the following will not work:</p> <div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># BAD: Incorrect code</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyManager</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Manager</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="k">pass</span> <span class="c1"># Sets the attribute on an instance of MyManager. Django will</span> <span class="c1"># ignore this setting.</span> <span class="n">mgr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MyManager</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">mgr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">use_for_related_fields</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span> <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyModel</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">models</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Model</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="c1"># ...</span> <span class="n">objects</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mgr</span> <span class="c1"># End of incorrect code.</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>You also shouldn’t change the attribute on the class object after it has been used in a model, since the attribute’s value is processed when the model class is created and not subsequently reread. Set the attribute on the manager class when it is first defined, as in the initial example of this section and everything will work smoothly.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yui-b" id="sidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Managers</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#manager-names">Manager names</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#custom-managers">Custom Managers</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#adding-extra-manager-methods">Adding extra Manager methods</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#modifying-initial-manager-querysets">Modifying initial Manager QuerySets</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#default-managers">Default managers</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#using-managers-for-related-object-access">Using managers for related object access</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#calling-custom-queryset-methods-from-the-manager">Calling custom <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods from the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code></a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#creating-manager-with-queryset-methods">Creating <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Manager</span></code> with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QuerySet</span></code> methods</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#from-queryset">from_queryset</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#custom-managers-and-model-inheritance">Custom managers and model inheritance</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#implementation-concerns">Implementation concerns</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#controlling-automatic-manager-types">Controlling automatic Manager types</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#writing-correct-managers-for-use-in-automatic-manager-instances">Writing correct Managers for use in automatic Manager instances</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#do-not-filter-away-any-results-in-this-type-of-manager-subclass">Do not filter away any results in this type of manager subclass</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#set-use-for-related-fields-when-you-define-the-class">Set <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">use_for_related_fields</span></code> when you define the class</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Browse</h3> <ul> <li>Prev: <a href="aggregation.html">Aggregation</a></li> <li>Next: <a href="sql.html">Performing raw SQL queries</a></li> </ul> <h3>You are here:</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="../../index.html">Django 1.8.19 documentation</a> <ul><li><a href="../index.html">Using Django</a> <ul><li><a href="index.html">Models and databases</a> <ul><li>Managers</li></ul> </li></ul></li></ul> </li> </ul> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../../_sources/topics/db/managers.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="../../search.html" method="get"> <div><input type="text" name="q" /></div> <div><input type="submit" value="Go" /></div> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <h3>Last update:</h3> <p class="topless">Mar 10, 2018</p> </div> </div> <div id="ft"> <div class="nav"> « <a href="aggregation.html" title="Aggregation">previous</a> | <a href="../index.html" title="Using Django" accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="sql.html" title="Performing raw SQL queries">next</a> »</div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </body> </html>