Add intro-user-level documentation about calling model methods from views.

Patch from timo and shacker. Fixed #10903.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@13808 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Malcolm Tredinnick 2010-09-12 20:34:11 +00:00
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@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ a join with an ``F()`` object, a ``FieldError`` will be raised::
# THIS WILL RAISE A FieldError
>>> Entry.objects.update(headline=F('blog__name'))
.. _topics-db-queries-related:
Related objects
===============

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@ -569,6 +569,45 @@ This doesn't affect what happens to data coming from the variable itself.
The variable's contents are still automatically escaped, if necessary, because
they're beyond the control of the template author.
.. _template-accessing-methods:
Accessing method calls
======================
Most method calls attached to objects are also available from within templates.
This means that templates have access to much more than just class attributes
(like field names) and variables passed in from views. For example, the Django
ORM provides the :ref:`"entry_set"<topics-db-queries-related>` syntax for
finding a collection of objects related on a foreign key. Therefore, given
a model called "comment" with a foreign key relationship to a model called
"task" you can loop through all comments attached to a given task like this::
{% for comment in task.comment_set.all %}
{{ comment }}
{% endfor %}
Similarly, :doc:`QuerySets<ref/models/querysets>` provide a ``count()`` method
to count the number of objects they contain. Therefore, you can obtain a count
of all comments related to the current task with::
{{ task.comment_set.all.count }}
And of course you can easily access methods you've explicitly defined on your
own models::
# In model
class Task(models.Model):
def foo(self):
return "bar"
# In template
{{ task.foo }}
Because Django intentionally limits the amount of logic processing available
in the template language, it is not possible to pass arguments to method calls
accessed from within templates. Data should be calculated in views, then passed
to templates for display.
.. _template-built-in-reference:
Using the built-in reference