Fixed #8730: Incorporated (with minor changes) additions/enhancements to one-to-one docs

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James Bennett 2008-09-01 09:32:41 +00:00
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@ -883,6 +883,8 @@ that control how the relationship functions.
is not provided, Django will assume a default name based upon the names of
the two tables being joined.
.. _ref-onetoone:
``OneToOneField``
-----------------
@ -897,13 +899,17 @@ another model in some way; :ref:`multi-table-inheritance` is
implemented by adding an implicit one-to-one relation from the child
model to the parent model, for example.
One positional argument is required: the class to which the model will
be related.
One positional argument is required: the class to which the model will be
related. This works exactly the same as it does for :class:`ForeignKey`,
including all the options regarding :ref:`recursive <recursive-relationships>`
and :ref:`lazy <lazy-relationships>` relationships.
.. _onetoone-arguments:
Additionally, ``OneToOneField`` accepts all of the extra arguments
accepted by :class:`ForeignKey`, plus one extra argument:
.. attribute: OneToOneField.parent_link
.. attribute:: OneToOneField.parent_link
When ``True`` and used in a model which inherits from another
(concrete) model, indicates that this field should be used as the

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@ -499,40 +499,55 @@ of the intermediate model::
One-to-one relationships
------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One-to-one relationships are very similar to many-to-one relationships. If you
define a :class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` on your model, instances of
that model will have access to the related object via a simple attribute of the
model.
To define a one-to-one relationship, use
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField`. You use it just like any other
``Field`` type: by including it as a class attribute of your model.
For example::
This is most useful on the primary key of an object when that object "extends"
another object in some way.
class EntryDetail(models.Model):
entry = models.OneToOneField(Entry)
details = models.TextField()
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` requires a positional argument: the
class to which the model is related.
ed = EntryDetail.objects.get(id=2)
ed.entry # Returns the related Entry object.
For example, if you were building a database of "places", you would
build pretty standard stuff such as address, phone number, etc. in the
database. Then, if you wanted to build a database of restaurants on
top of the places, instead of repeating yourself and replicating those
fields in the ``Restaurant`` model, you could make ``Restaurant`` have
a :class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` to ``Place`` (because a
restaurant "is a" place; in fact, to handle this you'd typically use
:ref:`inheritance <model-inheritance>`, which involves an implicit
one-to-one relation).
The difference comes in "reverse" queries. The related model in a one-to-one
relationship also has access to a :class:`~django.db.models.Manager` object, but
that :class:`~django.db.models.Manager` represents a single object, rather than
a collection of objects::
As with :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`, a
:ref:`recursive relationship <recursive-relationships>`
can be defined and
:ref:`references to as-yet undefined models <lazy-relationships>`
can be made; see
:class:`the model field reference <django.db.models.fields.OneToOneField>`
for details.
e = Entry.objects.get(id=2)
e.entrydetail # returns the related EntryDetail object
.. seealso::
If no object has been assigned to this relationship, Django will raise
a ``DoesNotExist`` exception.
See the `One-to-one relationship model example`_ for a full example.
Instances can be assigned to the reverse relationship in the same way as
you would assign the forward relationship::
.. _One-to-one relationship model example: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/one_to_one/
e.entrydetail = ed
**New in Django development version**
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` fields also accept one optional argument
described in the :ref:`model field reference <ref-onetoone>`.
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` classes used to automatically become
the primary key on a model. This is no longer true (although you can manually
pass in the :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.primary_key` argument if you like).
Thus, it's now possible to have multiple fields of type
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` on a single model.
Models across files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-------------------
It's perfectly OK to relate a model to one from another app. To do this, just
import the related model at the top of the model that holds your model. Then,

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One-to-one relationships
------------------------
The semantics of one-to-one relationships will be changing soon, so we don't
recommend you use them.
One-to-one relationships are very similar to many-to-one relationships. If you
define a :class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` on your model, instances of
that model will have access to the related object via a simple attribute of the
model.
For example::
class EntryDetail(models.Model):
entry = models.OneToOneField(Entry)
details = models.TextField()
ed = EntryDetail.objects.get(id=2)
ed.entry # Returns the related Entry object.
The difference comes in "reverse" queries. The related model in a one-to-one
relationship also has access to a :class:`~django.db.models.Manager` object, but
that :class:`~django.db.models.Manager` represents a single object, rather than
a collection of objects::
e = Entry.objects.get(id=2)
e.entrydetail # returns the related EntryDetail object
If no object has been assigned to this relationship, Django will raise
a ``DoesNotExist`` exception.
Instances can be assigned to the reverse relationship in the same way as
you would assign the forward relationship::
e.entrydetail = ed
How are the backward relationships possible?
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