sqlalchemy.schema Column Example Code

Column is a class within the sqlalchemy.schema module of the SQLAlchemy project.

CheckConstraint, CreateIndex, CreateTable, DDLElement, ForeignKey, ForeignKeyConstraint, Index, PrimaryKeyConstraint, and Table are several other callables with code examples from the same sqlalchemy.schema package.

Example 1 from alembic

Alembic (project documentation and PyPI page) is a data migrations tool used with SQLAlchemy to make database schema changes. The Alembic project is open sourced under the MIT license.

alembic / alembic / util / sqla_compat.py

# sqla_compat.py
import re

from sqlalchemy import __version__
from sqlalchemy import inspect
from sqlalchemy import schema
from sqlalchemy import sql
from sqlalchemy import types as sqltypes
from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
from sqlalchemy.schema import CheckConstraint
from sqlalchemy.schema import Column
from sqlalchemy.schema import ForeignKeyConstraint
from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import quoted_name
from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import _BindParamClause
from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import _TextClause as TextClause
from sqlalchemy.sql.visitors import traverse

from . import compat


def _safe_int(value):
    try:
        return int(value)
    except:
        return value


_vers = tuple(
    [_safe_int(x) for x in re.findall(r"(\d+|[abc]\d)", __version__)]
)
sqla_110 = _vers >= (1, 1, 0)
sqla_1115 = _vers >= (1, 1, 15)
sqla_120 = _vers >= (1, 2, 0)
sqla_1216 = _vers >= (1, 2, 16)
sqla_13 = _vers >= (1, 3)


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    tokens = spec.split(".")
    tokens.pop(-1)  # colname
    tablekey = ".".join(tokens)
    return tablekey == constraint.parent.key


def _is_type_bound(constraint):
    return constraint._type_bound


def _find_columns(clause):

    cols = set()
    traverse(clause, {}, {"column": cols.add})
    return cols


def _remove_column_from_collection(collection, column):

    to_remove = collection[column.key]
    collection.remove(to_remove)


def _textual_index_column(table, text_):
    if isinstance(text_, compat.string_types):
        c = Column(text_, sqltypes.NULLTYPE)
        table.append_column(c)
        return c
    elif isinstance(text_, TextClause):
        return _textual_index_element(table, text_)
    else:
        raise ValueError("String or text() construct expected")


class _textual_index_element(sql.ColumnElement):

    __visit_name__ = "_textual_idx_element"

    def __init__(self, table, text):
        self.table = table
        self.text = text
        self.key = text.text
        self.fake_column = schema.Column(self.text.text, sqltypes.NULLTYPE)
        table.append_column(self.fake_column)

    def get_children(self):
        return [self.fake_column]


@compiles(_textual_index_element)


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Example 2 from GINO

GINO (project documentation and PyPI package information) is an object-relational mapper (ORM) built on SQLAlchemy that is non-blocking and therefore designed to work properly with asynchronously-run code, for example, an application written with asyncio.

GINO is open sourced under the BSD License.

GINO / src/gino / loader.py

# loader.py
import types
import warnings

from sqlalchemy import select
from sqlalchemy.schema import Column
from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import Label

from .declarative import Model


class Loader:

    @classmethod
    def get(cls, value):
        from .crud import Alias

        if isinstance(value, Loader):
            rv = value
        elif isinstance(value, type) and issubclass(value, Model):
            rv = ModelLoader(value)
        elif isinstance(value, Alias):
            rv = AliasLoader(value)
        elif isinstance(value, Column):
            rv = ColumnLoader(value)
        elif isinstance(value, Label):
            rv = ColumnLoader(value.name)
        elif isinstance(value, tuple):
            rv = TupleLoader(value)
        elif callable(value):
            rv = CallableLoader(value)
        else:
            rv = ValueLoader(value)
        return rv

    @property
    def query(self):
        rv = select(self.get_columns())
        from_clause = self.get_from()
        if from_clause is not None:
            rv = rv.select_from(from_clause)
        return rv.execution_options(loader=self)

    def do_load(self, row, context):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def get_columns(self):
        return []

    def get_from(self):
        return None

    def __getattr__(self, item):
        return getattr(self.query, item)


_none = object()


def _get_column(model, column_or_name) -> Column:
    if isinstance(column_or_name, str):
        return getattr(model, column_or_name)

    if isinstance(column_or_name, Column):
        if column_or_name in model:
            return column_or_name
        raise AttributeError(
            "Column {} does not belong to model {}".format(column_or_name, model)
        )

    raise TypeError(
        "Unknown column {} with type {}".format(column_or_name, type(column_or_name))
    )


class ModelLoader(Loader):

    def __init__(self, model, *columns, **extras):
        self.model = model
        self._distinct = None
        if columns:
            self.columns = [_get_column(model, name) for name in columns]
        else:
            self.columns = model
        self.extras = dict((key, self.get(value)) for key, value in extras.items())
        self.on_clause = None

    def _do_load(self, row):


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Example 3 from PyHive

PyHive (PyPI package information) is a set of DB-API and SQLAlchemy interfaces that make it easier to use Presto and Apache Hive with Python. Dropbox's engineering team created this code library, open sourced it and put it out under the Apache 2.0 license.

PyHive / pyhive / tests / test_sqlalchemy_hive.py

# test_sqlalchemy_hive.py
from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from builtins import str
from pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive import HiveDate
from pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive import HiveDecimal
from pyhive.sqlalchemy_hive import HiveTimestamp
from pyhive.tests.sqlalchemy_test_case import SqlAlchemyTestCase
from pyhive.tests.sqlalchemy_test_case import with_engine_connection
from sqlalchemy import types
from sqlalchemy.engine import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.schema import Column
from sqlalchemy.schema import MetaData
from sqlalchemy.schema import Table
import contextlib
import datetime
import decimal
import sqlalchemy.types
import unittest

_ONE_ROW_COMPLEX_CONTENTS = [
    True,
    127,
    32767,
    2147483647,
    9223372036854775807,
    0.5,
    0.25,
    'a string',
    datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1),
    b'123',
    '[1,2]',
    '{1:2,3:4}',
    '{"a":1,"b":2}',
    '{0:1}',
    decimal.Decimal('0.1'),


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        self.assertEqual(list(row), _ONE_ROW_COMPLEX_CONTENTS)

        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.boolean.type, types.Boolean)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.tinyint.type, types.Integer)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.smallint.type, types.Integer)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.int.type, types.Integer)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.bigint.type, types.BigInteger)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.float.type, types.Float)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.double.type, types.Float)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.string.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.timestamp.type, HiveTimestamp)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.binary.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.array.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.map.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.struct.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.union.type, types.String)
        self.assertIsInstance(one_row_complex.c.decimal.type, HiveDecimal)

    @with_engine_connection
    def test_type_map(self, engine, connection):
        row = connection.execute('SELECT * FROM one_row_complex').fetchone()
        self.assertListEqual(list(row), _ONE_ROW_COMPLEX_CONTENTS)

    @with_engine_connection
    def test_reserved_words(self, engine, connection):
        fake_table = Table('select', MetaData(bind=engine), Column('map', sqlalchemy.types.String))
        query = str(fake_table.select(fake_table.c.map == 'a'))
        self.assertIn('`select`', query)
        self.assertIn('`map`', query)
        self.assertNotIn('"select"', query)
        self.assertNotIn('"map"', query)

    def test_switch_database(self):
        engine = create_engine('hive://localhost:10000/pyhive_test_database')
        try:
            with contextlib.closing(engine.connect()) as connection:
                self.assertIn(
                    ('dummy_table',),
                    connection.execute('SHOW TABLES').fetchall()
                )
                connection.execute('USE default')
                self.assertIn(
                    ('one_row',),
                    connection.execute('SHOW TABLES').fetchall()
                )
        finally:
            engine.dispose()

    @with_engine_connection
    def test_lots_of_types(self, engine, connection):


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