I realize that it is probably much too late in the game for this, but... I've always thought that returning None for get/get_by when no record exists is less explicit than raising an exception. I really like Django's idiom of having an Entity.DoesNotExist exception, such that I could:
try: instance = Entity.get(instance_id) except Entity.DoesNotExist: print "no record of an instance with id %s" % instance_id else: print instance With sqlalchemy, I find myself always spelling: instance = Entity.get(instance_id) if not instance: print "no record of an instance with id %s" % instance_id else: print instance What do you think? ~jon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---