Fixed #4303 -- Fixed typos in docs/db-api.txt. Thanks, Gary Wilson

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5253 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Adrian Holovaty 2007-05-15 19:35:53 +00:00
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@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ or ``UPDATE`` SQL statements. Specifically, when you call ``save()``, Django
follows this algorithm:
* If the object's primary key attribute is set to a value that evaluates to
``True`` (i.e., a value other than ``None`` or the empty string), Django
executes a ``SELECT`` query to determine whether a record with the given
``True`` (i.e., a value other than ``None`` or the empty string), Django
executes a ``SELECT`` query to determine whether a record with the given
primary key already exists.
* If the record with the given primary key does already exist, Django
executes an ``UPDATE`` query.
@ -525,19 +525,19 @@ Examples::
[datetime.datetime(2005, 3, 20), datetime.datetime(2005, 2, 20)]
>>> Entry.objects.filter(headline__contains='Lennon').dates('pub_date', 'day')
[datetime.datetime(2005, 3, 20)]
``none()``
~~~~~~~~~~
**New in Django development version**
Returns an ``EmptyQuerySet`` -- a ``QuerySet`` that always evaluates to
Returns an ``EmptyQuerySet`` -- a ``QuerySet`` that always evaluates to
an empty list. This can be used in cases where you know that you should
return an empty result set and your caller is expecting a ``QuerySet``
object (instead of returning an empty list, for example.)
Examples::
>>> Entry.objects.none()
[]
@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ follow::
c = p.hometown # Requires a database call.
The ``depth`` argument is new in the Django development version.
``extra(select=None, where=None, params=None, tables=None)``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ such as January 3, July 3, etc.
isnull
~~~~~~
Takes either ``True`` or ``False``, which correspond to SQL queries of
Takes either ``True`` or ``False``, which correspond to SQL queries of
``IS NULL`` and ``IS NOT NULL``, respectively.
Example::
@ -1149,10 +1149,10 @@ SQL equivalent::
.. admonition:: ``__isnull=True`` vs ``__exact=None``
There is an important difference between ``__isnull=True`` and
There is an important difference between ``__isnull=True`` and
``__exact=None``. ``__exact=None`` will *always* return an empty result
set, because SQL requires that no value is equal to ``NULL``.
``__isnull`` determines if the field is currently holding the value
set, because SQL requires that no value is equal to ``NULL``.
``__isnull`` determines if the field is currently holding the value
of ``NULL`` without performing a comparison.
search
@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ The pk lookup shortcut
----------------------
For convenience, Django provides a ``pk`` lookup type, which stands for
"primary_key".
"primary_key".
In the example ``Blog`` model, the primary key is the ``id`` field, so these
three statements are equivalent::
@ -1190,14 +1190,14 @@ three statements are equivalent::
Blog.objects.get(id=14) # __exact is implied
Blog.objects.get(pk=14) # pk implies id__exact
The use of ``pk`` isn't limited to ``__exact`` queries -- any query term
The use of ``pk`` isn't limited to ``__exact`` queries -- any query term
can be combined with ``pk`` to perform a query on the primary key of a model::
# Get blogs entries with id 1, 4 and 7
Blog.objects.filter(pk__in=[1,4,7])
# Get all blog entries with id > 14
Blog.objects.filter(pk__gt=14)
Blog.objects.filter(pk__gt=14)
``pk`` lookups also work across joins. For example, these three statements are
equivalent::
@ -1754,19 +1754,19 @@ get_object_or_404()
-------------------
One common idiom to use ``get()`` and raise ``Http404`` if the
object doesn't exist. This idiom is captured by ``get_object_or_404()``.
This function takes a Django model as its first argument and an
arbitrary number of keyword arguments, which it passes to the manager's
object doesn't exist. This idiom is captured by ``get_object_or_404()``.
This function takes a Django model as its first argument and an
arbitrary number of keyword arguments, which it passes to the manager's
``get()`` function. It raises ``Http404`` if the object doesn't
exist. For example::
exist. For example::
# Get the Entry with a primary key of 3
e = get_object_or_404(Entry, pk=3)
When you provide a model to this shortcut function, the default manager
is used to execute the underlying ``get()`` query. If you don't want to
use the default manager, or you want to search a list of related objects,
you can provide ``get_object_or_404()`` with a manager object, instead.
When you provide a model to this shortcut function, the default manager
is used to execute the underlying ``get()`` query. If you don't want to
use the default manager, or if you want to search a list of related objects,
you can provide ``get_object_or_404()`` with a manager object instead.
For example::
# Get the author of blog instance `e` with a name of 'Fred'
@ -1779,8 +1779,8 @@ For example::
get_list_or_404()
-----------------
``get_list_or_404`` behaves the same was as ``get_object_or_404()``
-- except that it uses using ``filter()`` instead of ``get()``. It raises
``get_list_or_404`` behaves the same way as ``get_object_or_404()``
-- except that it uses ``filter()`` instead of ``get()``. It raises
``Http404`` if the list is empty.
Falling back to raw SQL