""" Many-to-many and many-to-one relationships to the same table Make sure to set ``related_name`` if you use relationships to the same table. """ from __future__ import unicode_literals from django.db import models from django.utils import six from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible class User(models.Model): username = models.CharField(max_length=20) @python_2_unicode_compatible class Issue(models.Model): num = models.IntegerField() cc = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True, related_name='test_issue_cc') client = models.ForeignKey(User, models.CASCADE, related_name='test_issue_client') def __str__(self): return six.text_type(self.num) class Meta: ordering = ('num',) class UnicodeReferenceModel(models.Model): others = models.ManyToManyField("UnicodeReferenceModel")