Django loads many for many

Question

These are many models.

class FacultyMember(models.Model):
    # some attributes

class Publication(models.Model):
    # some attributes
    author = models.ManyToManyField(FacultyMember, blank=True)

class Project(models.Model):
    # some attributes
    researchers = models.ManyToManyField(FacultyMember, blank=True) 

And I want the FacultyMember with all the related project and publication to look forward to.

I am trying something like the following code

FacultyMember.objects.filter(
    pk=id,
    first_name=first_name,
    last_name=last_name
).select_related('project_set').select_related('publication_set')

However, it does not work.

How to associate a linked field in django orm with active loading.

Answer 1

Manytomany uses prefetch_related;

FacultyMember.objects.filter(
pk=id,
first_name=first_name,
last_name=last_name
).prefetch_related('project_set').prefetch_related('publication_set')

See here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/models/querysets/#prefetch-related