""" Specifying ordering Specify default ordering for a model using the ``ordering`` attribute, which should be a list or tuple of field names. This tells Django how to order ``QuerySet`` results. If a field name in ``ordering`` starts with a hyphen, that field will be ordered in descending order. Otherwise, it'll be ordered in ascending order. The special-case field name ``"?"`` specifies random order. The ordering attribute is not required. If you leave it off, ordering will be undefined -- not random, just undefined. """ from django.db import models class Author(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=63, null=True, blank=True) editor = models.ForeignKey("self", models.CASCADE, null=True) class Meta: ordering = ("-pk",) class Article(models.Model): author = models.ForeignKey(Author, models.SET_NULL, null=True) second_author = models.ForeignKey( Author, models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name="+" ) headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) pub_date = models.DateTimeField() class Meta: ordering = ( "-pub_date", models.F("headline"), models.F("author__name").asc(), models.OrderBy(models.F("second_author__name")), ) class OrderedByAuthorArticle(Article): class Meta: proxy = True ordering = ("author", "second_author") class OrderedByFArticle(Article): class Meta: proxy = True ordering = (models.F("author").asc(nulls_first=True), "id") class ChildArticle(Article): pass class Reference(models.Model): article = models.ForeignKey(OrderedByAuthorArticle, models.CASCADE) class Meta: ordering = ("article",)