Proxy models are used to change the behavior of a model, for example, by including additional methods or different meta options. Both models operate on the database table of the original model. To create a proxy model, add proxy=True to the Meta class of the model.
The following example illustrates how to create a proxy model:
from django.db import modelsfrom django.utils import timezoneclass BaseContent(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=100) created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)class OrderedContent(BaseContent): class Meta: proxy = True ordering = ['created'] def created_delta(self): return timezone.now() - self.created
Here, we define an OrderedContent model that is a proxy model for the Content ...
