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10 Essential Django ORM Methods Every Developer Must Know!

3 min readFeb 28, 2025
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Imagine life without an ORM — pretty awful, right? You’d have to write endless SQL queries just to interact with your database. Thankfully, Django ORM lets us work with databases using simple, Pythonic code, making everything so much easier!

In the guide we are going to explore 10 must-know Django ORM methods that every developer should master:

1. all() – Fetch All Records

The .all() method retrieves all objects from a model's database table.

from myapp.models import Product

products = Product.objects.all()

Warning: Avoid using .all() on large datasets without pagination, as it can lead to performance issues.

for more details checkout my post on .all()

2. filter() – Fetch Records Matching a Condition

The .filter() method allows you to retrieve records that match specific conditions.

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Aashish Kumar
Aashish Kumar

Written by Aashish Kumar

Hi, I’m Aashish Kumar, a passionate software engineer from India 🇮🇳, specialize in Python | Django | AI | LLM | Full Stack Development.

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