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===========================
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PostgreSQL specific lookups
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===========================
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``Unaccent``
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============
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.. fieldlookup:: unaccent
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The ``unaccent`` lookup allows you to perform accent-insensitive lookups using
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a dedicated PostgreSQL extension.
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This lookup is implemented using :class:`~django.db.models.Transform`, so it
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can be chained with other lookup functions. To use it, you need to add
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``'django.contrib.postgres'`` in your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` and activate
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the `unaccent extension on PostgreSQL`_. The
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:class:`~django.contrib.postgres.operations.UnaccentExtension` migration
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operation is available if you want to perform this activation using migrations).
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.. _unaccent extension on PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/unaccent.html
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The ``unaccent`` lookup can be used on
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:class:`~django.db.models.CharField` and :class:`~django.db.models.TextField`::
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>>> City.objects.filter(name__unaccent="México")
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['<City: Mexico>']
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>>> User.objects.filter(first_name__unaccent__startswith="Jerem")
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['<User: Jeremy>', '<User: Jérémy>', '<User: Jérémie>', '<User: Jeremie>']
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.. warning::
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``unaccent`` lookups should perform fine in most use cases. However, queries
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using this filter will generally perform full table scans, which can be slow
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on large tables. In those cases, using dedicated full text indexing tools
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might be appropriate.
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