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
3520	[patch] New search_filter for default manager	Simon Litchfield <simon@…>	nobody	"Simple convenience method to run filter() using field lookups and values from supplied dicts.

{{{
mysearch = {'myfield': 'myfield', 
           'mytext': 'mytext__startswith', 
           'mydate': 'mydata__lte',
    }
formdata = {'myfield': 'somevalue', 
            'mytext': 'h', 
            'mydate': ''
    }
results = MyObject.objects.search_filter(lookups=mysearch, data=formdata)
}}}

Would be exactly the same as --

{{{
filter(myfield='somevalue', mytext__startswith='h')
}}}

Skips empty values. Useful for searching against form or request data."		closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev		wontfix	search form filter request post get field lookup dict	Chris Beaven	Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0