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 13490 Django's `order_by` Performs Differently Based on Environment b14ck nobody "Hi there. I came across the following (seemingly) inconsistency with Django's `order_by` method, that is usually used on DB queries. It appears to act differently when used in production vs. when used through python manage.py shell: # from python manage.py shell {{{ rdegges@WEB01:~/partyline_portal$ python manage.py shell Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:43:55) [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2 Type ""help"", ""copyright"", ""credits"" or ""license"" for more information. (InteractiveConsole) >>> from partyline_portal.partylines.models import Partyline >>> partylines = Partyline.objects.all() >>> partylines [] >>> partylines = Partyline.objects.all().order_by('name') >>> partylines [] >>> partylines = Partyline.objects.all() >>> partylines [] >>> partylines.order_by('name') [] >>> }}} As you can see above, I can use the `order_by` function on both queries: Partyline.objects.all().order_by('name') as well as lists: partylines.order_by('name') However, if I run this same code in a view, and render a page to the user, Django spits an error saying that partylines has no method `order_by` available to it. " closed Uncategorized dev invalid database, query, order_by, inconsistency rdegges@… Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0