""" Using a custom primary key By default, Django adds an ``"id"`` field to each model. But you can override this behavior by explicitly adding ``primary_key=True`` to a field. """ from django.db import models from .fields import MyAutoField, MyWrapperField class Employee(models.Model): employee_code = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True, db_column="code") first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) class Meta: ordering = ("last_name", "first_name") def __str__(self): return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Business(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=20, primary_key=True) employees = models.ManyToManyField(Employee) class Meta: verbose_name_plural = "businesses" class Bar(models.Model): id = MyWrapperField(primary_key=True, db_index=True) class Foo(models.Model): bar = models.ForeignKey(Bar, models.CASCADE) class CustomAutoFieldModel(models.Model): id = MyAutoField(primary_key=True)