id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 12549,Native list method sort() does not work on ValuesListQuerySet instance returned from value_list() QuerySet,jonathan_livni,nobody,"'''The following code causes an exception:''' {{{ members = Member.objects.all().values_list('name',flat=True) members.sort(key=len,reverse=True) # Sorts members so that longer strings are first }}} '''The exception is:''' {{{ Traceback (most recent call last): File ""members_update.py"", line 1179, in uploadMembers(trace,mems.members,configuration=conf) File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/transaction.py"", line 265, in _commit_manually return func(*args, **kw) File ""members_update.py"", line 186, in uploadProducts members.sort(key=len,reverse=True) # Sorts members so that longer strings are first AttributeError: 'ValuesListQuerySet' object has no attribute 'sort' }}} As far as the documentation goes, value_list() QuerySet was supposed to return a List object, not a ValuesListQuerySet. The documentation specifically states that value_list does is one of the functions not returning a QuerySet. Even if there's some kind of need to to return a List object, at least you would expect it to behave like a List object and support its methods - such as sort()",,closed,Core (Other),1.1-beta,,invalid,,,Unreviewed,0,0,0,0,0,0