'-' reverses the ordering of that field. So it will order the most recently published Polls first.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Smaran Harihar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Djangoers, > > I am on the tutorial > 3<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial03/#write-views-that-actually-do-something>, > and found this code where we are modifying the view index() > > def index(request): > latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5] > output = ', '.join([p.question for p in latest_poll_list]) > return HttpResponse(output) > > What I did not understand, was why did we state, > > order_by('-pub_date'), what does that *'-'* mean before 'pub_date' ? > > -- > Thanks & Regards > Smaran Harihar > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
