Difference between ManyToOneRel and ForeignKey?

Question

In django, what\'s the difference between a ManyToOneRel and a ForeignKey field?

Answer 1

Django relations model exposes (and documents) only OneToOneField, ForeignKey and ManyToManyField, which corresponds to the inner

• OneToOneField -> OneToOneRel
• ForeignKey -> ManyToOneRel
• ManyToManyField -> ManyToManyRel

See source of django.db.models.fields.related for further details.

Answer 2

ManyToOneRel is not a django.db.models.fields.Field, it is a class that is used inside Django but not in the user code.