Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#12641 closed (invalid)

ManyToMany relationship with self, symmetrical=True, related_name='something' doesn't work

Reported by: hwmrocker Owned by: nobody
Component: Uncategorized Version: 1.1
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Description

 class Tag(models.Model): 
    text = models.CharField(max_length=200) 
    children = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True, null=True, symmetrical=True, related_name='parents') 
    synonyms = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True, null=True)


When I do this I cannot check the parents of an object, since there is no Property created. When I try to use the related_name with an relationship to an other object than self everything works fine.

What I want is a symmetrical link to the same object, like a linked
list with the difference that these is a many to many relationship.
Since there is also something like synonyms treebear and mptt are not
usefull for me.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Russell Keith-Magee, 15 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

That's because a symmetrical m2m with self doesn't use the related_name.

The reason for this becomes obvious if you look at the data being stored. In the case of parent/child, the relationship isn't symmetrical - if A is a child of B, it doesn't follow that A is a parent of B.

In contrast, "friend" is a symmetrical m2m relationship - if I am your friend, then you are my friend.

comment:2 by hwmrocker, 15 years ago

thanks for your clarification, and sorry for the invalid report

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