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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt index 3e22ab06de..95ce56f241 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt @@ -93,16 +93,20 @@ New data types backends. There is a corresponding :class:`form field <django.forms.DurationField>`. -Query Expressions and Database Functions -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Query Expressions, Conditional Expressions, and Database Functions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -:doc:`Query Expressions </ref/models/expressions>` allow users to create, +:doc:`Query Expressions </ref/models/expressions>` allow you to create, customize, and compose complex SQL expressions. This has enabled annotate to accept expressions other than aggregates. Aggregates are now able to reference multiple fields, as well as perform arithmetic, similar to ``F()`` objects. :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.order_by` has also gained the ability to accept expressions. +:doc:`Conditional Expressions </ref/models/conditional-expressions>` allow +you to use :keyword:`if` ... :keyword:`elif` ... :keyword:`else` logic within +queries. + A collection of :doc:`database functions </ref/models/database-functions>` is also included with functionality such as :class:`~django.db.models.functions.Coalesce`, |