infi.clickhouse_orm/docs/querysets.md

Querysets

A queryset is an object that represents a database query using a specific Model. It is lazy, meaning that it does not hit the database until you iterate over its matching rows (model instances). To create a base queryset for a model class, use:

qs = Person.objects_in(database)

This queryset matches all Person instances in the database. You can get these instances using iteration:

for person in qs:
    print person.first_name, person.last_name

Filtering

The filter and exclude methods are used for filtering the matching instances. Calling these methods returns a new queryset instance, with the added conditions. For example:

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database)
>>> qs = qs.filter(first_name__startswith='V').exclude(birthday__lt='2000-01-01')
>>> qs.conditions_as_sql(qs._where)
u"first_name LIKE 'V%' AND NOT (birthday < '2000-01-01')"

It is possible to specify several fields to filter or exclude by:

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database).filter(last_name='Smith', height__gt=1.75)
>>> qs.conditions_as_sql(qs._where)
u"last_name = 'Smith' AND height > 1.75"

For filters with compound conditions you can use Q objects inside filter with overloaded operators & (AND), | (OR) and ~ (NOT):

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database).filter((Q(first_name='Ciaran', last_name='Carver') | Q(height_lte=1.8)) & ~Q(first_name='David'))
>>> qs.conditions_as_sql(qs._where)
u"((first_name = 'Ciaran' AND last_name = 'Carver') OR height <= 1.8) AND (NOT (first_name = 'David'))"

By default conditions from filter and exclude methods are add to WHERE clause. For better aggregation performance you can add them to PREWHERE section using prewhere=True parameter

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database)
>>> qs = qs.filter(first_name__startswith='V', prewhere=True)
>>> qs.conditions_as_sql(qs._prewhere)
u"first_name LIKE 'V%'"

There are different operators that can be used, by passing <fieldname>__<operator>=<value> (two underscores separate the field name from the operator). In case no operator is given, eq is used by default. Below are all the supported operators.

Operator	Equivalent SQL	Comments
eq	field = value
ne	field != value
gt	field > value
gte	field >= value
lt	field < value
lte	field <= value
between	field BETWEEN value1 AND value2
in	field IN (values)	See below
not_in	field NOT IN (values)	See below
contains	field LIKE '%value%'	For string fields only
startswith	field LIKE 'value%'	For string fields only
endswith	field LIKE '%value'	For string fields only
icontains	lowerUTF8(field) LIKE lowerUTF8('%value%')	For string fields only
istartswith	lowerUTF8(field) LIKE lowerUTF8('value%')	For string fields only
iendswith	lowerUTF8(field) LIKE lowerUTF8('%value')	For string fields only
iexact	lowerUTF8(field) = lowerUTF8(value)	For string fields only

Using the in Operator

The in and not_in operators expect one of three types of values:

• A list or tuple of simple values
• A string, which is used verbatim as the contents of the parentheses
• Another queryset (subquery)

For example if we want to select only people with Irish last names:

# A list of simple values
qs = Person.objects_in(database).filter(last_name__in=["Murphy", "O'Sullivan"])

# A string
subquery = "SELECT name from $db.irishlastname"
qs = Person.objects_in(database).filter(last_name__in=subquery)

# A queryset
subquery = IrishLastName.objects_in(database).only("name")
qs = Person.objects_in(database).filter(last_name__in=subquery)

Counting and Checking Existence

Use the count method to get the number of matches:

Person.objects_in(database).count()

To check if there are any matches at all, you can use any of the following equivalent options:

if qs.count(): ...
if bool(qs): ...
if qs: ...

Ordering

The sorting order of the results can be controlled using the order_by method:

qs = Person.objects_in(database).order_by('last_name', 'first_name')

The default order is ascending. To use descending order, add a minus sign before the field name:

qs = Person.objects_in(database).order_by('-height')

If you do not use order_by, the rows are returned in arbitrary order.

Omitting Fields

When some of the model fields aren't needed, it is more efficient to omit them from the query. This is especially true when there are large fields that may slow the query down. Use the only method to specify which fields to retrieve:

qs = Person.objects_in(database).only('first_name', 'birthday')

Distinct

Adds a DISTINCT clause to the query, meaning that any duplicate rows in the results will be omitted.

>>> Person.objects_in(database).only('first_name').count()
100
>>> Person.objects_in(database).only('first_name').distinct().count()
94

Slicing

It is possible to get a specific item from the queryset by index:

  qs = Person.objects_in(database).order_by('last_name', 'first_name')
  first = qs[0]

It is also possible to get a range a instances using a slice. This returns a queryset, that you can either iterate over or convert to a list.

  qs = Person.objects_in(database).order_by('last_name', 'first_name')
  first_ten_people = list(qs[:10])
  next_ten_people  = list(qs[10:20])

You should use order_by to ensure a consistent ordering of the results.

Trying to use negative indexes or a slice with a step (e.g. [0💯2]) is not supported and will raise an AssertionError.

Pagination

Similar to Database.paginate, you can go over the queryset results one page at a time:

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database).order_by('last_name', 'first_name')
>>> page = qs.paginate(page_num=1, page_size=10)
>>> print page.number_of_objects
2507
>>> print page.pages_total
251
>>> for person in page.objects:
>>>     # do something

The paginate method returns a namedtuple containing the following fields:

• objects - the list of objects in this page
• number_of_objects - total number of objects in all pages
• pages_total - total number of pages
• number - the page number, starting from 1; the special value -1 may be used to retrieve the last page
• page_size - the number of objects per page

Note that you should use QuerySet.order_by so that the ordering is unique, otherwise there might be inconsistencies in the pagination (such as an instance that appears on two different pages).

Aggregation

It is possible to use aggregation functions over querysets using the aggregate method. The simplest form of aggregation works over all rows in the queryset:

>>> qs = Person.objects_in(database).aggregate(average_height='avg(height)')
>>> print qs.count()
1
>>> for row in qs: print row.average_height
1.71

The returned row or rows are no longer instances of the base model (Person in this example), but rather instances of an ad-hoc model that includes only the fields specified in the call to aggregate.

You can pass names of fields from the model that will be included in the query. By default, they will be also used in the GROUP BY clause. For example to count the number of people per last name you could do this:

qs = Person.objects_in(database).aggregate('last_name', num='count()')

The underlying SQL query would be something like this:

SELECT last_name, count() AS num FROM person GROUP BY last_name

If you would like to control the GROUP BY explicitly, use the group_by method. This is useful when you need to group by a calculated field, instead of a field that exists in the model. For example, to count the number of people born on each weekday:

qs = Person.objects_in(database).aggregate(weekday='toDayOfWeek(birthday)', num='count()').group_by('weekday')

This queryset is translated to:

SELECT toDayOfWeek(birthday) AS weekday, count() AS num FROM person GROUP BY weekday

After calling aggregate you can still use most of the regular queryset methods, such as count, order_by and paginate. It is not possible, however, to call only or aggregate. It is also not possible to filter the queryset on calculated fields, only on fields that exist in the model.

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