select_related doesn't work...

[ghost]

I'm a newbie for django and mongoengine..
so I'm not sure my code is correct on this issue..

class Example(Document):
    member = ReferenceField(Members)

query = Example.objects().select_related(max_depth=0)

should not query variable have member field? so that when I code

query.member.name ---> None

but the result would be the member's name like Simson..

In my real application, I don't want to use dereference.. even though the class(Document) has ReferenceField
nor I want to use "only()", "exclude" methods..

How can I make mongoengine not use dereference even though the class(Document) has its own ReferenceField?

(I just implemented ReferenceField for the future so as to use it one day.. but not now)

[rozza]

To do this just provide a string for the object id and don't use ReferenceField - at the top level they will always dereference.

[rozza]

Perhaps a lazy flag for the future (default to true).

[ghost]

oh~~ "at the top level they will always dereference" !!!
oh~~~~

[rozza]

Yeah, the aim was to stop all individual ReferenceFields racking up queries... But you removing all control over that is also bad.