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authorAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2006-01-20 20:23:57 +0000
committerAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2006-01-20 20:23:57 +0000
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Added section to docs/db-api.txt about ordering by fields in other tables
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@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ so::
polls.get_list(order_by=['?'])
+To order by a field in a different table, add the other table's name and a dot,
+like so::
+
+ choices.get_list(order_by=('polls.pub_date', 'choice'))
+
There's no way to specify whether ordering should be case sensitive. With
respect to case-sensitivity, Django will order results however your database
backend normally orders them.