""" Many-to-many relationships To define a many-to-many relationship, use ``ManyToManyField()``. In this example, an ``Article`` can be published in multiple ``Publication`` objects, and a ``Publication`` has multiple ``Article`` objects. """ from __future__ import unicode_literals from django.db import models from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible @python_2_unicode_compatible class Publication(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=30) def __str__(self): return self.title class Meta: ordering = ('title',) @python_2_unicode_compatible class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) # Assign a unicode string as name to make sure the intermediary model is # correctly created. Refs #20207 publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, name='publications') def __str__(self): return self.headline class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) # Models to test correct related_name inheritance class AbstractArticle(models.Model): class Meta: abstract = True ordering = ('title',) publications = models.ManyToManyField(Publication, name='publications', related_name='+') class InheritedArticleA(AbstractArticle): pass class InheritedArticleB(AbstractArticle): pass