Django Get Latest Entry from Database

Question

I\'ve got 2 questions, but they are related to the same topic.

I know how to retrieve data from a for loop using template tags

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Answer 1

This is because latest returns a single instance rather than a queryset (which is iterable). So:

1) Latest is not working because it works with Date Fields. Read more at: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/models/querysets/#latest. 'id' is not a valid field to use with the latest filter.

2) You can't use for template tag with a single instance because it is not iterable.

To solve your situation, I would specify the ordering = ('id',) field in the Meta class of the model and then do a po = Status.objects.all()[:1] so you will obtain a queryset (which is iterable) with a single object in it. Then you will be able to use the for template tag with your po variable.

Hope it helps.