[sqlalchemy] Re: Functions sometimes return decimal or float

2013-12-06 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
what about using custom compiler functions ( http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/rel_0_9/core/compiler.html#utc-timestamp-function ) ? you could make a custom function... sum_integer() and just call that instead of the default sqlalchemy option -- You received this message because you are

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: Functions sometimes return decimal or float

2013-12-06 Thread Robert Buchholz
Hey Jonathan, On Fr, 2013-12-06 at 10:12 -0800, Jonathan Vanasco wrote: what about using custom compiler functions that is definitely a good idea to cast the computation result more elegantly. Do you also know a way to solve the issue of doing it wrong by accident and not noticing? Besides

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: Functions sometimes return decimal or float

2013-12-06 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
I just learned all about the Events model. You could potentially write a listener that can filter the data for you. I'm not very familiar with the events though, and it could be a bit difficult to do -- as some items would be functions, others column operations, and others from 'text'