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| author | Ramiro Morales <cramm0@gmail.com> | 2012-07-24 22:44:28 -0300 |
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| committer | Ramiro Morales <cramm0@gmail.com> | 2012-07-24 22:44:28 -0300 |
| commit | 50837434dbafe7d542aa4bd499f50314b1bac36f (patch) | |
| tree | b575062f07d1c6faf8cd30c7db1b19e105ed412c /docs/ref | |
| parent | f758bdab5eec3e615598948dd5bcf9bb7b910c9d (diff) | |
Clarified default name of M2M relationship DB table.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 23dcf4bd9f..5039ba4373 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -1074,15 +1074,14 @@ the model is related. This works exactly the same as it does for Database Representation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Behind the scenes, Django creates an intermediary join table to -represent the many-to-many relationship. By default, this table name -is generated using the name of the many-to-many field and the model -that contains it. Since some databases don't support table names above -a certain length, these table names will be automatically truncated to -64 characters and a uniqueness hash will be used. This means you might -see table names like ``author_books_9cdf4``; this is perfectly normal. -You can manually provide the name of the join table using the -:attr:`~ManyToManyField.db_table` option. +Behind the scenes, Django creates an intermediary join table to represent the +many-to-many relationship. By default, this table name is generated using the +name of the many-to-many field and the name of the table for the model that +contains it. Since some databases don't support table names above a certain +length, these table names will be automatically truncated to 64 characters and a +uniqueness hash will be used. This means you might see table names like +``author_books_9cdf4``; this is perfectly normal. You can manually provide the +name of the join table using the :attr:`~ManyToManyField.db_table` option. .. _manytomany-arguments: @@ -1138,8 +1137,9 @@ that control how the relationship functions. .. attribute:: ManyToManyField.db_table The name of the table to create for storing the many-to-many data. If this - is not provided, Django will assume a default name based upon the names of - the two tables being joined. + is not provided, Django will assume a default name based upon the names of: + the table for the model defining the relationship and the name of the field + itself. .. _ref-onetoone: |