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authorMichal Petrucha <michal.petrucha@ksp.sk>2014-11-13 19:59:00 +0100
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2014-11-20 09:33:32 -0500
commit327df551e89a505c5756becee97c40198f38aff2 (patch)
tree8bdedf86f1f22600d4d5ccdfdc09bd2039a486f1 /docs/ref
parent788fa9fffa0105d391b8fe35f2894bc5b4e29066 (diff)
Fixed #23817 -- Updated docs on QuerySet evaluation
Removed inaccurate info about partial evaluation after refs #18702. Added information on modifying sliced QuerySets; refs #22503.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index 1cf215bc46..2bd24357cf 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ You can evaluate a ``QuerySet`` in the following ways:
``QuerySet`` usually returns another unevaluated ``QuerySet``, but Django
will execute the database query if you use the "step" parameter of slice
syntax, and will return a list. Slicing a ``QuerySet`` that has been
- evaluated (partially or fully) also returns a list.
+ evaluated also returns a list.
+
+ Also note that even though slicing an unevaluated ``QuerySet`` returns
+ another unevaluated ``QuerySet``, modifying it further (e.g., adding
+ more filters, or modifying ordering) is not allowed, since that does not
+ translate well into SQL and it would not have a clear meaning either.
* **Pickling/Caching.** See the following section for details of what
is involved when `pickling QuerySets`_. The important thing for the
@@ -63,11 +68,6 @@ You can evaluate a ``QuerySet`` in the following ways:
entry_list = list(Entry.objects.all())
- Be warned, though, that this could have a large memory overhead, because
- Django will load each element of the list into memory. In contrast,
- iterating over a ``QuerySet`` will take advantage of your database to
- load data and instantiate objects only as you need them.
-
* **bool().** Testing a ``QuerySet`` in a boolean context, such as using
``bool()``, ``or``, ``and`` or an ``if`` statement, will cause the query
to be executed. If there is at least one result, the ``QuerySet`` is