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@@ -335,6 +335,13 @@ creating a ``TaggedItem``::
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>>> t.content_object
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<User: Guido>
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+If the related object is deleted, the ``content_type`` and ``object_id`` fields
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+remain set to their original values and the ``GenericForeignKey`` returns
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+``None``::
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+ >>> guido.delete()
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+ >>> t.content_object # returns None
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Due to the way :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericForeignKey`
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is implemented, you cannot use such fields directly with filters (``filter()``
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and ``exclude()``, for example) via the database API. Because a
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