Many to many relationships with additional data on the relationship

Question

I\'m trying to create a django database that records all my comic purchases, and I\'ve hit a few problems. I\'m trying to model the relationship between a comic issue and the ar

Answer 1

I recommend you check out the section "EXTRA FIELDS ON MANY-TO-MANY RELATIONSHIPS" in the Django documentation - it covers exactly your question.

1: yes, creating an intermediary model is the way to go.

2: From the documentation: "Unlike normal many-to-many fields, you can't use add, create, or assignment to create relationships" - Instead, for adding Artist to an Issue, do it from the intermediary model:

some_artist = Artist.objects.get(name='some name')
some_issue = Issue.objects.get(tile='some tite')
IssueArtist.objects.create(artist= some_artist, issue = some_issue, role=1)