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436	Create an API to update and delete multiple objects in a single call	Maurycy Pawłowski-Wieroński <maurycypw@…>	Adrian Holovaty	"Many times you need to delete or update one or many objects, without retreving them first.

My proposal is to add ''fetch'' parameter to ''get_list'' and ''get_object'' methods, which would point whether send select query or create empty models with only specified fields, for further operations, like delete or update.

For example:

{{{
# No SQL queries, since fetch=False is set. choices are empty and have only poll_id field.
choices = choices.get_list(poll__exact=1, fetch=False)

# Now call: DELETE FROM poll_choices WHERE poll_id = 1
choices.delete()
}}}

See also #433."	defect	closed	Metasystem		normal	fixed		wojtek@…	Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0