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diff --git a/docs/topics/db/sql.txt b/docs/topics/db/sql.txt index 6cc174a248..060ac03dd2 100644 --- a/docs/topics/db/sql.txt +++ b/docs/topics/db/sql.txt @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ return model instances: .. method:: Manager.raw(raw_query, params=None, translations=None) -This method method takes a raw SQL query, executes it, and returns a +This method takes a raw SQL query, executes it, and returns a ``django.db.models.query.RawQuerySet`` instance. This ``RawQuerySet`` instance -can be iterated over just like an normal QuerySet to provide object instances. +can be iterated over just like a normal QuerySet to provide object instances. -This is best illustrated with an example. Suppose you've got the following model:: +This is best illustrated with an example. Suppose you have the following model:: class Person(models.Model): first_name = models.CharField(...) @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ write:: >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * from myapp_person')[0] However, the indexing and slicing are not performed at the database level. If -you have a big amount of ``Person`` objects in your database, it is more +you have a large number of ``Person`` objects in your database, it is more efficient to limit the query at the SQL level:: >>> first_person = Person.objects.raw('SELECT * from myapp_person LIMIT 1')[0] |