[SOLVED] How to get table alias for inner join in django

How to get table alias for inner join in django

I'm using django 2.1, python 3.6 and SQL Server 2012 as backend. I have following models:

class ModelA(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(...)
    value = models.PositiveIntegerField(...)

class ModelB(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(...)
    values = models.ManyToManyField(ModelA, through='ModelC')

class ModelC(models.Model):
    model_a = models.ForeignKey(ModelA, ...)
    model_b = models.ForeignKey(ModelB, ...)
    info_a = models.CharField(...)
    info_b = models.CharField(...)

How can I achieve following SQL query:

SELECT t1.model_a_id AS a_id, t3.value AS a_value
FROM ModelB AS t0
INNER JOIN ModelC t1 ON t1.model_b_id = t0.id
INNER JOIN ModelC t2 ON t2.model_b_id = t0.id
INNER JOIN ModelA t3 ON t3.id = t2.model_a_id
INNER JOIN ModelC t4 ON t4.model_b_id = t0.id
WHERE t1.model_a_id in (1,2) AND t2.model_a_id in (8,9,10,11) AND t4.model_a_id in (21,22)

What I have so far:

ModelB.objects.filter(values__in=[1,2]).filter(values__in=[8,9,10,11]).filter(values__in=[21,22])

Which produces the correct filtered QuerySet. But how can I get the correct fields?

I tried to use annotate function but I failed. Using django's Subquery as described in the docs generates database error, because SQL Server does not support subqueries in the SELECT part.

Any recommendations? Thanks!

Solution

I solved it without falling back to raw sql. I used django's FilteredRealtion objects in combination of additional annotate like this:

from django.db.models import Q, F, FilteredRelation

qs = ModelB.objects.filter(values__in=[21,22])
qs = qs.filter(values__in=[1,2])
qs = qs.filter(values__in=[8,9,10,11])
qs = qs.annotate(_a_id=FilteredRelation('modelc', condition=Q(values__in=[8,9,10,11])),
                 _a_value=FilteredRelation('modelc', condition=Q(values__in=[1,2])))
qs = qs.annotate(a_id=F('_a_id__model_a'), a_value=F('_a_value__model_a__value'))
qs = qs.values('a_id', 'a_value')