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Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points
Posted by Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points

What is order_by = ('-joined_at',) doing under class meta? why can't you just use peewee to order by desc?

What is order_by = ('-joined_at',) doing under class meta? why can't you just use peewee to order by desc?

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Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

You can still use order by desc as you wish. Placing the order_by in meta provides a default ordering if none is provide.

Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points
Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points

please give me an example on how I will use it with -joined_at under class meta and not under class meta