[1.7.x] Fixed #23732 -- Corrected and enhanced select_related() docs.
Thanks Daniele Procida for the report and review.
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@ -754,6 +754,24 @@ And here's ``select_related`` lookup::
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# in the previous query.
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b = e.blog
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You can use ``select_related()`` with any queryset of objects::
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from django.utils import timezone
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# Find all the blogs with entries scheduled to be published in the future.
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blogs = set()
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for e in Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__gt=timezone.now()).select_related('blog'):
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# Without select_related(), this would make a database query for each
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# loop iteration in order to fetch the related blog for each entry.
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blogs.add(e.blog)
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The order of ``filter()`` and ``select_related()`` chaining isn't important.
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These querysets are equivalent::
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Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__gt=timezone.now()).selected_related('blog')
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Entry.objects.selected_related('blog').filter(pub_date__gt=timezone.now())
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You can follow foreign keys in a similar way to querying them. If you have the
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following models::
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@ -771,10 +789,10 @@ following models::
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# ...
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author = models.ForeignKey(Person)
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... then a call to ``Book.objects.select_related('person__city').get(id=4)``
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... then a call to ``Book.objects.select_related('author__hometown').get(id=4)``
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will cache the related ``Person`` *and* the related ``City``::
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b = Book.objects.select_related('person__city').get(id=4)
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b = Book.objects.select_related('author__hometown').get(id=4)
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p = b.author # Doesn't hit the database.
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c = p.hometown # Doesn't hit the database.
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