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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/querysets.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt index 61bf4afa2c..6125cfb44a 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt @@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ It is an error to pass in ``flat`` when there is more than one field. If you don't pass any values to ``values_list()``, it will return all the fields in the model, in the order they were declared. +A common need is to get a specific field value of a certain model instance. To +achieve that, use ``values_list()`` followed by a ``get()`` call:: + + >>> Entry.objects.values_list('headline', flat=True).get(pk=1) + 'First entry' + dates ~~~~~ |