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
9554	admin app's change list usage of select related - maximum depth	Gert Steyn	nobody	"In applications with deep object relationships ""select related"" often results in huge queries that can hit the database very hard. I.e. we have an accounting module that immediately adds 10 levels of related objects to your average ""client"" object.

I think don't think it makes sense the select related for more than 2 or 3 relationships deep. My suggestion is to add a ""maximum depth"" parameter to select related that defaults to something sensible like 3 or at least make it configurable.

"		closed	Contrib apps	1.0		wontfix	select_related list_display list_select_related		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0