Django: Why are quotes around the model in a ForeignKey definition

Question

I want to know what the difference between these two foreignkey definitions are.

(1) MyFKField = models.ForeignKey(\'MyModel\')
(2) MyFKField = models.Foreig         


        

Answer 1

Without quotes, it's a reference to a model either defined within the file or imported via import. With quotes, Django is made responsible for finding the model among all the models in all installed apps.