""" 3. Giving models custom methods Any method you add to a model will be available to instances. """ from django.db import models import datetime class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100) pub_date = models.DateField() def __unicode__(self): return self.headline def was_published_today(self): return self.pub_date == datetime.date.today() def articles_from_same_day_1(self): return Article.objects.filter(pub_date=self.pub_date).exclude(id=self.id) def articles_from_same_day_2(self): """ Verbose version of get_articles_from_same_day_1, which does a custom database query for the sake of demonstration. """ from django.db import connection cursor = connection.cursor() cursor.execute(""" SELECT id, headline, pub_date FROM custom_methods_article WHERE pub_date = %s AND id != %s""", [connection.ops.value_to_db_date(self.pub_date), self.id]) return [self.__class__(*row) for row in cursor.fetchall()]