Model index reference¶
Index classes ease creating database indexes. They can be added using the
Meta.indexes option. This document
explains the API references of Index which includes the index
options.
Referencing built-in indexes
Indexes are defined in django.db.models.indexes, but for convenience
they’re imported into django.db.models. The standard convention is
to use from django.db import models and refer to the indexes as
models.<IndexClass>.
Index options¶
fields¶
-
Index.fields¶
A list of the name of the fields on which the index is desired.
By default, indexes are created with an ascending order for each column. To define an index with a descending order for a column, add a hyphen before the field’s name.
For example Index(fields=['headline', '-pub_date']) would create SQL with
(headline, pub_date DESC). Index ordering isn’t supported on MySQL. In that
case, a descending index is created as a normal index.
Support for column ordering on SQLite
Column ordering is supported on SQLite 3.3.0+ and only for some database file formats. Refer to the SQLite docs for specifics.
name¶
-
Index.name¶
The name of the index. If name isn’t provided Django will auto-generate a
name. For compatibility with different databases, index names cannot be longer
than 30 characters and shouldn’t start with a number (0-9) or underscore (_).
See also
For a list of PostgreSQL-specific indexes, see
django.contrib.postgres.indexes.
