# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ 14. Using a custom primary key By default, Django adds an ``"id"`` field to each model. But you can override this behavior by explicitly adding ``primary_key=True`` to a field. """ from django.conf import settings from django.db import models, transaction, IntegrityError, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS from fields import MyAutoField class Employee(models.Model): employee_code = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True, db_column = 'code') first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20) class Meta: ordering = ('last_name', 'first_name') def __unicode__(self): return u"%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name) class Business(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=20, primary_key=True) employees = models.ManyToManyField(Employee) class Meta: verbose_name_plural = 'businesses' def __unicode__(self): return self.name class Bar(models.Model): id = MyAutoField(primary_key=True, db_index=True) def __unicode__(self): return repr(self.pk) class Foo(models.Model): bar = models.ForeignKey(Bar)