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Yoel Macia Delgado
Asked: 2020-07-28 12:32:07 +0800 CST 2020-07-28 12:32:07 +0800 CST

What is the Meta class and how does it work in Django models?

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I want to know what this class is and how it works in Django.

   class Categorias(models.Model):
        ...
        class Meta:
            ...
python

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    Classes Metainside Django models are used to attach metadata to those models. For example:

    class Persona(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)

    class Meta:
        ordering = ["last_name"]
        verbose_name = "Persona"
        verbose_name_plural = "Personas"

    They are used for many things, such as defining the enabled permissions, the associated database, the name of the table, the singular or plural name that will be seen in the Django admin.

    To see more about it you can go to: official Django documentation

    It is worth clarifying that they should not be confused with those metaclassof Python: official python documentation

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