django : How to write alias in queryset

Question

How can one write an alias for the column name in django query set. Would be useful for union-style combinations of two linked field to the same foreign model (for instance).

Answer 1

Although this could have been done before by using extra(select={'n':'m','a':'b'}), I agree that this really should have been a part of values() itself.

To that end, and inspired by Alex's ticket, I have just posted a patch that adds this feature. I hope you'll find it useful!