""" 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) 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')), ) def __str__(self): return self.headline 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',)