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authorTimo Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2010-12-27 23:47:14 +0000
committerTimo Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2010-12-27 23:47:14 +0000
commitd5970df38e78958e732ee628ed8ced45f58f0b84 (patch)
tree132e73fe15dfa62f9f643559edee1e2e9aee6db6 /docs
parent93e42272a4ade841e2d6de391f5973b7a28da85d (diff)
[1.2.X] Fixed #12313 - Add a note that QuerySet.delete() doesn't necessarily call obj.delete(). thanks FunkyELF for the suggestion.
Backport of r15071 from trunk. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.2.X@15072 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -751,6 +751,14 @@ built-in model methods, adding new arguments. If you use ``*args,
**kwargs`` in your method definitions, you are guaranteed that your
code will automatically support those arguments when they are added.
+.. admonition:: Overriding Delete
+
+ Note that the :meth:`~Model.delete()` method for an object is not
+ necessarily called when :ref:`deleting objects in bulk using a
+ QuerySet<topics-db-queries-delete>`. To ensure customized delete logic
+ gets executed, you can use :data:`~django.db.models.signals.pre_save`
+ and/or :data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_save` signals.
+
Executing custom SQL
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