how to order randomly in django orm
To order randomly in Django ORM, you can use the order_by()
function with the ('?')
parameter. Here are the steps to achieve this:
- Import the necessary modules:
from django.db.models.functions import Random
- Use the
order_by()
function with the('?')
parameter to order the queryset randomly:
YourModel.objects.all().order_by('?')
Explanation:
- The order_by()
function is used to specify the order in which the query results should be sorted.
- By passing ('?')
as the argument to the order_by()
function, Django will generate a random ordering for the query results.
- The YourModel.objects.all()
retrieves all the objects from the model.
- Combining these steps will result in a queryset that is ordered randomly.
Note: The order_by('?')
functionality can be resource-intensive for large datasets, as it requires the database to retrieve all the objects and then order them randomly. If you are working with a large dataset, you might consider using other methods, such as shuffling the queryset in Python after retrieving the objects.