""" Many-to-one relationships that can be null To define a many-to-one relationship that can have a null foreign key, use ``ForeignKey()`` with ``null=True`` . """ from django.db import models from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible @python_2_unicode_compatible class Reporter(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=30) def __str__(self): return self.name @python_2_unicode_compatible class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) reporter = models.ForeignKey(Reporter, models.SET_NULL, null=True) class Meta: ordering = ('headline',) def __str__(self): return self.headline class Car(models.Model): make = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True, unique=True) class Driver(models.Model): car = models.ForeignKey(Car, models.SET_NULL, to_field='make', null=True, related_name='drivers')