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+"""
+9. Many-to-many relationships via an intermediary table
+
+For many-to-many relationships that need extra fields on the intermediary
+table, use an intermediary model.
+
+In this example, an ``Article`` can have multiple ``Reporter`` objects, and
+each ``Article``-``Reporter`` combination (a ``Writer``) has a ``position``
+field, which specifies the ``Reporter``'s position for the given article
+(e.g. "Staff writer").
+"""
+
+from django.db import models
+
+class Reporter(models.Model):
+ first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
+ last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
+
+ def __unicode__(self):
+ return u"%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name)
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+ headline = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+ pub_date = models.DateField()
+
+ def __unicode__(self):
+ return self.headline
+
+class Writer(models.Model):
+ reporter = models.ForeignKey(Reporter)
+ article = models.ForeignKey(Article)
+ position = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+ def __unicode__(self):
+ return u'%s (%s)' % (self.reporter, self.position)
+