from django.db.models import CharField, Value from django.db.models.functions import Left, Lower from django.test import TestCase from ..models import Author class LeftTests(TestCase): @classmethod def setUpTestData(cls): Author.objects.create(name='John Smith', alias='smithj') Author.objects.create(name='Rhonda') def test_basic(self): authors = Author.objects.annotate(name_part=Left('name', 5)) self.assertQuerysetEqual(authors.order_by('name'), ['John ', 'Rhond'], lambda a: a.name_part) # If alias is null, set it to the first 2 lower characters of the name. Author.objects.filter(alias__isnull=True).update(alias=Lower(Left('name', 2))) self.assertQuerysetEqual(authors.order_by('name'), ['smithj', 'rh'], lambda a: a.alias) def test_invalid_length(self): with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, "'length' must be greater than 0"): Author.objects.annotate(raises=Left('name', 0)) def test_expressions(self): authors = Author.objects.annotate(name_part=Left('name', Value(3), output_field=CharField())) self.assertQuerysetEqual(authors.order_by('name'), ['Joh', 'Rho'], lambda a: a.name_part)