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Constraints reference
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=====================
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.. module:: django.db.models.constraints
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.. currentmodule:: django.db.models
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The classes defined in this module create database constraints. They are added
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in the model :attr:`Meta.constraints <django.db.models.Options.constraints>`
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option.
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.. admonition:: Referencing built-in constraints
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Constraints are defined in ``django.db.models.constraints``, but for
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convenience they're imported into :mod:`django.db.models`. The standard
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convention is to use ``from django.db import models`` and refer to the
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constraints as ``models.<Foo>Constraint``.
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.. admonition:: Constraints in abstract base classes
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You must always specify a unique name for the constraint. As such, you
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cannot normally specify a constraint on an abstract base class, since the
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:attr:`Meta.constraints <django.db.models.Options.constraints>` option is
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inherited by subclasses, with exactly the same values for the attributes
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(including ``name``) each time. To work around name collisions, part of the
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name may contain ``'%(app_label)s'`` and ``'%(class)s'``, which are
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replaced, respectively, by the lowercased app label and class name of the
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concrete model. For example ``CheckConstraint(check=Q(age__gte=18),
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name='%(app_label)s_%(class)s_is_adult')``.
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.. admonition:: Validation of Constraints
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In general constraints are **not** checked during ``full_clean()``, and do
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not raise ``ValidationError``\s. Rather you'll get a database integrity
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error on ``save()``. ``UniqueConstraint``\s without a
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:attr:`~UniqueConstraint.condition` (i.e. non-partial unique constraints)
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are different in this regard, in that they leverage the existing
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``validate_unique()`` logic, and thus enable two-stage validation. In
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addition to ``IntegrityError`` on ``save()``, ``ValidationError`` is also
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raised during model validation when the ``UniqueConstraint`` is violated.
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``CheckConstraint``
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===================
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.. class:: CheckConstraint(*, check, name)
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Creates a check constraint in the database.
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``check``
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---------
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.. attribute:: CheckConstraint.check
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A :class:`Q` object that specifies the check you want the constraint to
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enforce.
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For example, ``CheckConstraint(check=Q(age__gte=18), name='age_gte_18')``
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ensures the age field is never less than 18.
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``name``
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--------
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.. attribute:: CheckConstraint.name
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The name of the constraint.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.0
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Interpolation of ``'%(app_label)s'`` and ``'%(class)s'`` was added.
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``UniqueConstraint``
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====================
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.. class:: UniqueConstraint(*, fields, name, condition=None)
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Creates a unique constraint in the database.
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``fields``
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----------
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.. attribute:: UniqueConstraint.fields
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A list of field names that specifies the unique set of columns you want the
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constraint to enforce.
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For example, ``UniqueConstraint(fields=['room', 'date'],
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name='unique_booking')`` ensures each room can only be booked once for each
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date.
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``name``
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--------
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.. attribute:: UniqueConstraint.name
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The name of the constraint.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.0
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Interpolation of ``'%(app_label)s'`` and ``'%(class)s'`` was added.
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``condition``
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-------------
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.. attribute:: UniqueConstraint.condition
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A :class:`Q` object that specifies the condition you want the constraint to
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enforce.
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For example::
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UniqueConstraint(fields=['user'], condition=Q(status='DRAFT'), name='unique_draft_user')
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ensures that each user only has one draft.
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These conditions have the same database restrictions as
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:attr:`Index.condition`.
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