Thank You very much Worked like a charm - only better - now I get objects. I will now see, if I can understand what goes on ;-) The results were the same rows.
def play5(): print ############### play5 ################# k = model.message_table.alias('k') s = model.person_table m = model.message_table result=dbsession.query(model.Message).select_from( m.join(s,m.c.fromid==s.c.personid)).\ filter(m.c.toid==123456).\ filter(~exists([1], and_( k.c.toid==m.c.fromid, k.c.fromid==m.c.toid, k.c.sent>m.c.sent)) ).\ order_by(desc(m.c.sent)).list() for i in result: print i On Jun 18, 11:27 pm, Michael Bayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 18, 2007, at 4:52 PM, gardsted wrote: > > > > > > > Dear List. > > How do I do this more ormish? > > > The statement is supposed to find the latest messages which havent yet > > been answered > > by 123456, assuming a later message is an answer;-) > > > def play4(): > > print ############### play4 ################# > > engine=create_engine(dburi) > > result=engine.execute(""" > > select m.fromid, s.name, m.sent from person s,message m > > where toid=123456 and > > s.personid = m.fromid and not exists ( > > select 1 from message k where > > k.toid=m.fromid and k.fromid=m.toid > > and k.sent > m.sent > > ) > > order by m.sent desc > > """) > > ... > > > I completely fail to grasp how I get from the straight sql- > > representation to the part where i > > can actually benefit from the orm > > > Here am I: I have created a mapper where each message knows it's > > sender and receiver by foreign key and attribute like this (and this I > > like very much): > > message_mapper=mapper( > > Message, > > message_table, > > properties={ > > "sender": relation(Person, > > primaryjoin=(message_table.c.fromid==Person.c.personid)), > > "receiver": relation(Person, > > primaryjoin=(message_table.c.toid==Person.c.personid)) > > } > > ) > > here are some rough approaches. > > text: > > session.query(Message).select_text("""select m.* from person s, > message m > where toid=123456 and > s.personid = m.fromid and not exists ( > select 1 from message k where > k.toid=m.fromid and k.fromid=m.toid > and k.sent > m.sent > ) > order by m.sent desc""") > > hybrid: > > session.query(Message).select_from(messages.join(person)).filter > ("""toid=123456 and not exists ( > select 1 from message k where > k.toid=messages.fromid and k.fromid=messages.toid > and k.sent > messages.sent > )""").order_by(desc(Message.c.sent)).list() > > fully constructed: > > k = messages.alias('k') > session.query(Message).select_from(messages.join(person)).filter > (messages.c.toid==123456).\ > filter(~exists([1], and_(k.c.toid==messages.c.fromid, > k.c.fromid==messages.c.toid, k.c.send>messages.c.sent))).\ > order_by(desc(messages.c.sent)).list() --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---