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django – ordering queryset by a calculated field

How can i use order_by like order_by(‘field1’*’field2’)
For example i have items with price listed in different currencies, so to order items – i have to make currency conversion.

class Currency(models.Model):
    code    = models.CharField(max_length=3, primary_key=True) 
    rateToUSD   = models.DecimalField(max_digits=20,decimal_places=10)

class Item(models.Model):
    priceRT     = models.DecimalField(max_digits=15, decimal_places=2, default=0)
    cur     = models.ForeignKey(Currency)

I would like to have something like:

Item.objects.all().order_by(F('priceRT')*F('cur__rateToUSD'))

But unfortunately it doesnt work, i also faild with annotate.
How can i permorm QuerySet ordering by result of value multiplication of 2 model’s fields.

Answer 1

Use the extra() method. Specifically the select argument to specify the equation, and the order_by argument to do the ordering.