django-orm case-insensitive order by

Question

I know, I can run a case insensitive search from DJango ORM. Like,

User.objects.filter(first_name__contains="jake")
User.objects.filter(first_name__contains="sulley")
User.objects.filter(first_name__icontains="Jake")
User.objects.filter(first_name__icontains="Sulley")

And also, I can fetch them as

user_list = User.objects.all().order_by("first_name")
# sequence: (Jake, Sulley, jake, sulley)
user_list = User.objects.all().order_by("-first_name") # for reverse
# sequence: (sulley, jake, Sulley, Jake)

Is there a direct way for a case-insensitive fetch?? As in I want a sequence as

# desired sequence: jake, Jake, sulley, Sulley

If not, then suggest a best way to do it. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Since Django 1.8 it is possible with:

from django.db.models.functions import Lower
MyModel.objects.order_by(Lower('myfield'))

https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/6498