> > Entry.objects.filter(id__in=[1, 3, 4]) > > > ...couldn't id=[] overload if the target is a list? > > I suppose it could if it were written that way, but it isn't. The filter > form "filter(<field>=<value>)" is shorthand for the form > "filter(<field>__exact=<value>)". To my knowledge, no one has written an > operator overload
Sorry, I didn't say "operator overload" (which are either spot-on or sophomoric, when they work). I just meant Entry.objects.filter(id = [1, 3, 4]). Because, IIRC, no SQL database can store arrays ('list's) in fields, the =[] event is free to be "overloaded" by its type. So id=[] would resolve to id__in=[], id=Scalar to id__exact=Scalar, and the explicit versions are available if you suspect that overloading is fragile. (I also disagree with leaving out the spaces around =, but obviously obeying a team style guide supersedes improving it...) -- Phlip -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.