I do not understand how the sequence changes, if the original list is based on a filtered quesryset, couldn't you use the same filter and then what I suggested, i.e. original query
foo.objects.filter(bar = 'foobar') next: foo.objects.filter(Q(bar = 'foobar') & Q(id > initial_id)).order_by(id) [:1] or are you not trying to get them ordered by id? -richard On Sep 15, 5:32 pm, akonsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks, yes this would work if the list in the objects_list view > always contained the same sequence as the database. the problem is > that the list can be arbitrary. i need to get the previous and the > next items from the list and django does not give me anything in the > template context but the object itself. > > konstantin > > On Sep 15, 6:23 pm, r_f_d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have not tried it with django, so I cannot guarantee this will work, > > however if I understand what you are attempting.... > > I was showing an model instance in a view and needed to get the next > > one by pk I would probably do: > > model.objects.filter(pk > current_model_instance_id).order_by(id)[:1] > > which should be the next object in the db, by id ascending > > for the previous one I would do the same just with the order_by(-id) > > > Like I said, never done it but I'd give it a try > > > On Sep 15, 1:30 pm, akonsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hello, > > > > in my object_detail view i need to emit links to the previous and next > > > objects in the object list which invoked this detail view. has anyone > > > done this? any advice? > > > > thanks > > > konstantin- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
