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diff --git a/docs/db-api.txt b/docs/db-api.txt index 887a06a67e..d96541d58b 100644 --- a/docs/db-api.txt +++ b/docs/db-api.txt @@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ This returns the sixth through tenth objects (``OFFSET 5 LIMIT 5``):: Entry.objects.all()[5:10] +You can also slice from the item ''N'' to the end of the queryset. For +example, to return everything from the fixth item onwards:: + + Entry.objects.all()[5:] + +How this last example is implemented in SQL varies depending upon the database +used, but it is supported in all cases. + Generally, slicing a ``QuerySet`` returns a new ``QuerySet`` -- it doesn't evaluate the query. An exception is if you use the "step" parameter of Python slice syntax. For example, this would actually execute the query in order to |