[1.8.x] Fixed #24244 -- Documented contrib.admin.models.LogEntry

your password?" link to appear on the default admin log-in page under the

password box.

``LogEntry`` objects

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.. class:: models.LogEntry

    The ``LogEntry`` class tracks additions, changes, and deletions of objects

    done through the admin interface.

.. currentmodule:: django.contrib.admin.models

``LogEntry`` attributes

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.. attribute:: LogEntry.action_time

    The date and time of the action.

.. attribute:: LogEntry.user

    The user (an :setting:`AUTH_USER_MODEL` instance) who performed the

    action.

.. attribute:: LogEntry.content_type

    The :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType` of the

    modified object.

.. attribute:: LogEntry.object_id

    The textual representation of the modified object's primary key.

.. attribute:: LogEntry.object_repr

    The object`s ``repr()`` after the modification.

.. attribute:: LogEntry.action_flag

    The type of action logged: ``ADDITION``, ``CHANGE``, ``DELETION``.

    For example, to get a list of all additions done through the admin::

        from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry, ADDITION

        LogEntry.objects.filter(action_flag=ADDITION)

.. attribute:: LogEntry.change_message

    The detailed description of the modification. In the case of an edit, for

    example, the message contains a list of the edited fields.

``LogEntry`` methods

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.. method:: LogEntry.get_edited_object()

    A shortcut that returns the referenced object.

.. currentmodule:: django.contrib.admin

.. _admin-reverse-urls:

Reversing admin URLs

MySQLdb 1.2.1p2 or 1.2.2, you should still use ``utf8_general_ci``

(the default) collation for the ``django.contrib.sessions.models.Session``

table (usually called ``django_session``) and the

``django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry`` table (usually called

:class:`django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry` table (usually called

``django_admin_log``). Those are the two standard tables that use

:class:`~django.db.models.TextField` internally.