class Achievement(MyBaseModel):
parent_achievement = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True, help_text="An achievement that must be done before this one is achieved") # long name since parent is reserved
I can do :
Achievement.objects.get(pk="1").parent_achievement
which is great. But how do I get all the children?
Achievement.objects.get(pk="1").parent_achievement_set
doesn't work (and probably should have some more notation around it), and I didn't see too much when searching.
Is it possible? Fall into SQL?
By default, django will call the reverse the model name, followed by "_set", so it would be
Achievement.objects.get(pk="1").achievement_set
If that doesn't suit you, use the related_name
optional argument to models.ForeignKey
:
class Achievement(MyBaseModel):
parent_achievement = models.ForeignKey(
'self',
blank=True,
null=True,
help_text="An achievement that must be done before this one is achieved",
related_name="child_achievement_set"
) # long name since parent is reserved
Achievement.objects.get(pk="1").child_achievement_set
Don't know if this is the best way, but this also gets the job done
Achievement.objects.filter(parent_achievement=1)
or
Achievement.objects.filter(parent_achievement__pk=1)