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author | Alex Morozov <inductor2000@mail.ru> | 2015-11-02 15:42:43 +0300 |
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committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2015-11-03 12:25:51 +0000 |
commit | 676636ac8f2fa612d68045dd747df7bf2bf8da99 (patch) | |
tree | d520838609d226f99dd2d433166077dd3955092d | |
parent | 383e2e1c53f0d1f0d1c7f09bf2f548f83c53f549 (diff) | |
download | django-676636ac8f2fa612d68045dd747df7bf2bf8da99.tar.gz |
[1.8.x] Fixed #25132 -- Documented how to retrieve a single value using values_list() and get().
Backport of 4373eac99828d99718a7b245d160e7e64fce2e95 from master
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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt index e6b855372a..1971964c0f 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt @@ -655,6 +655,12 @@ like a list. Most of the time this is enough, but if you require an actual Python list object, you can simply call ``list()`` on it, which will evaluate the queryset. +A common need is to get a specific field value of a certain model instance. To +achieve that, use ``values_list()`` followed by a ``get()`` call:: + + >>> Entry.objects.values_list('headline', flat=True).get(pk=1) + 'First entry' + dates ~~~~~ |