> -----Original Message----- > From: sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com > [mailto:sqlalch...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rigor (uci) > Sent: 24 February 2010 00:23 > To: sqlalchemy > Subject: [sqlalchemy] reflecting schema just on a single table > > Hi, > > Is there anyway to use a metadata object just to obtain the > schema of a single table? I have a database of hundreds of > tables, and calling MetaData.reflect() retrieves the schema > for all of the tables. This unnecessarily uses up memory and > incurs additional time for i/o to complete. > > Thanks, > Paul >
Yes - see http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/metadata.html#reflecting-tables Hope that helps, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalch...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en.