1) The model Word does not have the votes field, you cannot order the field 
it's not possessed.

2) You have to build a relation between the models first, check the 
relationships from Django Doc 
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/#relationships
  
On Friday, August 9, 2013 10:04:47 PM UTC+8, Pepsodent Cola wrote:
>
> 1.)
> How can I order my list based on a field in a different table?
>
>         return Word.objects.filter(direct_transl_word='')
>
> The above I want to do something like this where the field ('-votes') is 
> located at table Altword.
> Nothing happens when I use this though, don't understand why?
>
>         #return 
> Word.objects.filter(direct_transl_word='').order_by('-votes')
>
>
> 2.)
> My *altword_list.html* viewpage breaks whenever I try to use query for my 
> other table Altword.
>
>         #return Altword.objects.filter(rosword__direct_transl_word='')
>         #return Altword.objects.filter(word__direct_transl_word='')
>
> #_______________________________________________________________________________
>
> *AltwordlistView*
> class AltwordlistView(generic.DetailView):
>     model = Word
>     #model = Altword
>     template_name = 'navi_polls/altword_list.html'
>     context_object_name = 'poll'
>
>     def get_queryset(self):
> # Filter 5
>         return Word.objects.filter(direct_transl_word='')
>         #return 
> Word.objects.filter(direct_transl_word='').order_by('-votes')
>         #return Altword.objects.filter(rosword__direct_transl_word='')
>         #return Altword.objects.filter(word__direct_transl_word='')
>
> #_______________________________________________________________________________
>
> *Models*
> class Word(models.Model):
>     rosword = models.CharField(max_length=200)
>     direct_transl_word = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, 
> null=True)
>     pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')
>
>     def __unicode__(self):
>         return self.rosword
>
> #_______________________________________________________________________________
>
> *Models*
> class Altword(models.Model):
>     rosword = models.ForeignKey(Word)
>     alt_ros_word = models.CharField(max_length=200)
>     alt_transl_word = models.CharField(max_length=200)
>     articulate = models.CharField(max_length=200)
>     *votes* = models.IntegerField(default=0)
>     pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')
>
>     def __unicode__(self):
>         return self.alt_ros_word
>
>
>
>
>

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