#14766: ordering by a field that does not exists returns an empty QuerySet ---------------------------------------------------+------------------------ Reporter: robhudson | Owner: nobody Status: reopened | Milestone: Component: Database layer (models, ORM) | Version: 1.2 Resolution: | Keywords: order_by Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 0 Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0 Needs_better_patch: 0 | ---------------------------------------------------+------------------------ Changes (by d0ugal):
* status: closed => reopened * resolution: worksforme => Comment: FWIW after speaking to Rob on irc I tried and I can reproduce with this. Although, interestingly adding a count at the end makes the query "work." {{{ In [5]: import django In [6]: django.VERSION Out[6]: (1, 2, 3, 'final', 0) In [7]: from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType In [8]: ContentType.objects.order_by('monkeys') Out[8]: [] In [9]: ContentType.objects.order_by('monkeys').count() Out[9]: 20 }}} Using the mysql backend. I also tried on 1.1.1 with the same results (albeit a different project). -- Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/14766#comment:5> Django <http://code.djangoproject.com/> The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To post to this group, send email to django-upda...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-updates+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en.