the ambiguity there is what if you set "id" to one thing and "employee_id" to another. I think one would win and the other not.
I usually do what you have there with a synonym which is designed for this: mapper(Employee, table, properties={'id':synonym('employee_id')}) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---