added documentation on Model attributes

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Nicolaas Heyning 2014-02-23 17:00:52 +01:00
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@ -663,6 +663,19 @@ Meta`` to a model is completely optional.
A complete list of all possible ``Meta`` options can be found in the :doc:`model
option reference </ref/models/options>`.
.. _model-attributes:
Model attributes
================
:attr:`~objects`
The most important attribute of a model is the
:class:`~django.db.models.Manager`, which is the interface through which
database query operations are provided to Django models and is used to
:ref:`retrieve the instances <retrieving-objects>` from the database. If no
custom Manager is defined, the default name is ``objects``. Managers are
only accessible via model classes, not the model instances.
.. _model-methods:
Model methods

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@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ go, include multiple arguments in the call to
Django will complain if you try to assign or add an object of the wrong type.
.. _retrieving-objects:
Retrieving objects
==================