What's the result of

print(Foo.objects.exclude(bar__attribute=1).filter(
bar__attribute_2=2).query)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019, 20:10 Michael Thomas, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I've run into what I believe is a limitation of the ORM that other people
> must be dealing with somehow, but I can't seem to figure out a sensible
> solution.
>
> I think it's easiest to describe the problem with code.
>
> For the following models:
>
> class Foo(models.Model):
>     name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
>
>
> class Bar(models.Model):
>     foo = models.ForeignKey(Foo, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
>     attribute_1 = models.IntegerField()
>     attribute_2 = models.IntegerField()
>
> I want to select all Foo() that have 1 or more bar with attribute_1 not
> equal to 1, and attribute_2 equal to 2.
>
> Eg. SQL something like this:
>
> SELECT
>     "app_foo"."id",
>     "app_foo"."name"
> FROM "app_foo"
> INNER JOIN "app_bar" ON (
>     "app_foo"."id" = "app_bar"."foo_id"
> )
> WHERE (
>     "app_bar"."attribute_1" <> 1
>     AND "app_bar"."attribute_2" = 2
> )
>
> However, here's what I end up with...
>
>
> print(Foo.objects.exclude(bar__attribute_1=1).filter(bar__attribute_2=2).query)
> SELECT
>     "app_foo"."id",
>     "app_foo"."name"
> FROM "app_foo"
> INNER JOIN "app_bar" ON (
>     "app_foo"."id" = "app_bar"."foo_id"
> )
> WHERE (
>     NOT (
>         "app_foo"."id" IN (
>             SELECT
>                 U1."foo_id"
>             FROM "app_bar" U1
>             WHERE U1."attribute_1" = 1
>         )
>     )
>     AND "app_bar"."attribute_2" = 2
> )
>
> print(Foo.objects.filter(~Q(bar__attribute_1=1), bar__attribute_2=2).query)
> Exact same SQL output as above
>
> Interestingly enough, a simple query for attribute_1=1 and attribute_2=2
> works as expected, so it would be trivial to do this with a __ne operator
> (if it existed), without any other changes to the ORM:
>
> print(Foo.objects.filter(bar__attribute_1=1, bar__attribute_2=2).query)
> SELECT
>     "app_foo"."id",
>     "app_foo"."name"
> FROM "app_foo"
> INNER JOIN "app_bar" ON (
>     "app_foo"."id" = "app_bar"."foo_id"
> )
> WHERE (
>     "app_bar"."attribute_1" = 1
>     AND "app_bar"."attribute_2" = 2
> )
>
> Am I missing something here? How are other people tackling this?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Michael Thomas
>
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