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@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ them. Something like this will work::
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Natural keys
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Natural keys
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+.. versionadded:: 1.2
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+ The ability to use natural keys when serializing/deserializing data was
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+ added in the 1.2 release.
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The default serialization strategy for foreign keys and many-to-many
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The default serialization strategy for foreign keys and many-to-many
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relations is to serialize the value of the primary key(s) of the
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relations is to serialize the value of the primary key(s) of the
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objects in the relation. This strategy works well for most types of
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objects in the relation. This strategy works well for most types of
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@@ -341,7 +345,7 @@ a `forward reference` with natural keys - the data you are referencing
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must exist before you include a natural key reference to that data.
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must exist before you include a natural key reference to that data.
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To accommodate this limitation, calls to :djadmin:`dumpdata` that use
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To accommodate this limitation, calls to :djadmin:`dumpdata` that use
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-the :djadminopt:`--natural` optionwill serialize any model with a
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+the :djadminopt:`--natural` option will serialize any model with a
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``natural_key()`` method before it serializes normal key objects.
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``natural_key()`` method before it serializes normal key objects.
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However, this may not always be enough. If your natural key refers to
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However, this may not always be enough. If your natural key refers to
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Jacob Kaplan-Moss