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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 13 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 6204065958..b25bcb1dc2 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -878,12 +878,13 @@ 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 -names of the two tables being joined. 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. +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. |