Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 13 months ago

#29538 closed Bug

Query Expression in ordering of a related object fails — at Version 2

Reported by: wilhelmhb Owned by: nobody
Component: Database layer (models, ORM) Version: 2.0
Severity: Normal Keywords: ordering, query expression, related object
Cc: wilhelmhb, colons, Eduardo Rivas Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Tim Graham)

Since 2.0, according to the doc (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/models/options/#ordering), we can use QueryExpression objects in the Model.Meta.ordering field.
Using:

from django.db import models

class Musician(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    instrument = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True, blank=True)

    class Meta:
        ordering = [models.F('instrument').asc(nulls_last=True)]

class Album(models.Model):
    artist = models.ForeignKey(Musician, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    release_date = models.DateField()
    num_stars = models.IntegerField()

    class Meta:
        ordering = ['artist']
>>> Album.objects.all()
...
TypeError: 'OrderBy' does not support indexing

When reaching https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py#L669, the compiler tries to use the related model, but at line 679, item can be an OrderBy object. Thus the failure.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by wilhelmhb, 6 years ago

Cc: wilhelmhb added

comment:2 by Tim Graham, 6 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Summary: QueryExpression in ordering of a related object failsQuery Expression in ordering of a related object fails
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