[sqlalchemy] Re: Column __repr__ with sqlalchemy types instead of db-specific object instances?

2006-11-08 Thread jeffk
Michael Bayer wrote: __repr__() really annoys me because no matter what i do with it, people tell me im using it incorrectly. technically, __repr__() is supposed to return a string that when eval'ed would return the object instance. which is not realistic for an object like Table since its

[sqlalchemy] indexu-style category tree of arbitrary depth

2006-11-05 Thread jeffk
I need to implement an indexu-style category tree of arbitrary depth: News Media (64) Arts and Humanities, Automotive, Business Recreation Sports (234) Amusement and Theme Parks, Automotive, Aviation Reference (32) Acronyms and Abbreviations, Almanacs, Arts and Humanities

[sqlalchemy] Column __repr__ with sqlalchemy types instead of db-specific object instances?

2006-11-05 Thread jeffk
I have a versioned repository of SQL DDL that I'd like to convert to versioned sqlalchemy models, using the Table(...,autoload=True) feature. I suspect it may be a lossy operation to do so, but in the interest of table documentation, is there a way to render the Table.__repr__() with for example