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Asked: 2026-06-05T13:32:10+00:00

In Django, do the following two snippets produce the same underlying SQL query? qs

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In Django, do the following two snippets produce the same underlying SQL query?

qs = MyModel.objects.filter(group=1, type=2)

and

qs = MyModel.objects.filter(group=1).filter(type=2)
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  1. Editorial Team

    It depends actually, on whether there are joins or spanned lookups, especially through M2M relationship. For example

    >>> print User.objects.filter(groups__gt=1).filter(groups__lt=2).query
SELECT "auth_user"."id", "auth_user"."username", "auth_user"."first_name", "auth_user"."last_name", "auth_user"."email", "auth_user"."password", "auth_user"."is_staff", "auth_user"."is_active", "auth_user"."is_superuser", "auth_user"."last_login", "auth_user"."date_joined" FROM "auth_user" INNER JOIN "auth_user_groups" ON ("auth_user"."id" = "auth_user_groups"."user_id") INNER JOIN "auth_user_groups" T4 ON ("auth_user"."id" = T4."user_id") WHERE ("auth_user_groups"."group_id" > 1  AND T4."group_id" < 2 )

>>> print User.objects.filter(groups__gt=1, groups__lt=2).query
SELECT "auth_user"."id", "auth_user"."username", "auth_user"."first_name", "auth_user"."last_name", "auth_user"."email", "auth_user"."password", "auth_user"."is_staff", "auth_user"."is_active", "auth_user"."is_superuser", "auth_user"."last_login", "auth_user"."date_joined" FROM "auth_user" INNER JOIN "auth_user_groups" ON ("auth_user"."id" = "auth_user_groups"."user_id") WHERE ("auth_user_groups"."group_id" < 2  AND "auth_user_groups"."group_id" > 1 )
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