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+"""
+6. Specifying ordering
+
+Specify default ordering for a model using the ``ordering`` attribute, which
+should be a list or tuple of field names. This tells Django how to order the
+results of ``get_list()`` and other similar functions.
+
+If a field name in ``ordering`` starts with a hyphen, that field will be
+ordered in descending order. Otherwise, it'll be ordered in ascending order.
+The special-case field name ``"?"`` specifies random order.
+
+The ordering attribute is not required. If you leave it off, ordering will be
+undefined -- not random, just undefined.
+"""
+
+from django.db import models
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+    headline = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
+    pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('-pub_date', 'headline')
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.headline
+
+API_TESTS = """
+# Create a couple of Articles.
+>>> from datetime import datetime
+>>> a1 = Article(headline='Article 1', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 26))
+>>> a1.save()
+>>> a2 = Article(headline='Article 2', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27))
+>>> a2.save()
+>>> a3 = Article(headline='Article 3', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 27))
+>>> a3.save()
+>>> a4 = Article(headline='Article 4', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28))
+>>> a4.save()
+
+# By default, Article.objects.all() orders by pub_date descending, then
+# headline ascending.
+>>> Article.objects.all()
+[Article 4, Article 2, Article 3, Article 1]
+
+# Override ordering with order_by, which is in the same format as the ordering
+# attribute in models.
+>>> Article.objects.order_by('headline')
+[Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4]
+>>> Article.objects.order_by('pub_date', '-headline')
+[Article 1, Article 3, Article 2, Article 4]
+
+# Use the 'stop' part of slicing notation to limit the results.
+>>> Article.objects.order_by('headline')[:2]
+[Article 1, Article 2]
+
+# Use the 'stop' and 'start' parts of slicing notation to offset the result list.
+>>> Article.objects.order_by('headline')[1:3]
+[Article 2, Article 3]
+
+# Use '?' to order randomly. (We're using [...] in the output to indicate we
+# don't know what order the output will be in.
+>>> Article.objects.order_by('?')
+[...]
+"""