Warning

In order for any of the features described below to work, you must use the PostgresManager or inherit your models from PostgresModel. Read more about this in Managers & Models.

Expressions

Selecting an individual HStore key

Use the HStoreRef expression to select an indvidiual hstore key:

from psqlextra.models import PostgresModel
from psqlextra.fields import HStoreField
from psqlextra.expressions import HStoreRef

class MyModel(PostgresModel):
   bla = HStoreField()

MyModel.objects.create(bla={'a': '1', 'b': '2'})

# '1'
a = (
   MyModel.objects
   .annotate(a=HStoreRef('bla', 'a'))
   .values_list('a', flat=True)
   .first()
)

Selecting a datetime as a UNIX epoch timestamp

Use the DateTimeEpoch expression to select the value of a DateTimeField as a UNIX epoch timestamp.

from psqlextra.models import PostgresModel
from psqlextra.fields import HStoreField
from psqlextra.expressions import DateTimeEpoch

class MyModel(PostgresModel):
   datetime = DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

MyModel.objects.create()

timestamp = (
   MyModel.objects
   .annotate(timestamp=DateTimeEpoch('datetime'))
   .values_list('timestamp', flat=True)
   .first()
)

Multi-field coalesce

Use the IsNotNone expression to perform something similar to a coalesce, but with multiple fields. The first non-null value encountered is selected.

from psqlextra.models import PostgresModel
from psqlextra.fields import HStoreField
from psqlextra.expressions import IsNotNone

class MyModel(PostgresModel):
   name_1 = models.TextField(null=True)
   name_2 = models.TextField(null=True)
   name_3 = models.TextField(null=True)

MyModel.objects.create(name_3='test')

# 'test'
name = (
   MyModel.objects
   .annotate(name=IsNotNone('name_1', 'name_2', 'name_3', default='buh'))
   .values_list('name', flat=True)
   .first()
)

# 'buh'
name = (
   MyModel.objects
   .annotate(name=IsNotNone('name_1', 'name_2', default='buh'))
   .values_list('name', flat=True)
   .first()
)