> > orphans i dont care, but the rest... > > So at what time these are available - after_flush? or > > before_commit? > > for foreign key attributes written by a dependency, > before_insert(). it might be useful if there is a simple sequence "diagram" - textual is ok - for which kind of extension and which method of it is called at what time within session's lifetime.
Same as the metadata-mappers-session-transaction lifespan in overall SA-usage lifetime - if u remember we did talk about this once. lifespans and hook-points in them do matter a lot. maybe for the book? > > i need to iterate over *all* would-be written-to-DB objects, and > > fix their timestamps. > im gathering theres a great reason that triggers or regular column > defaults cant do this (or just before_insert()). now thinking about it... can column_defaults be my functions? pythonside? how about their context? i dont know, sessExt seemed like just one call to do everything. svil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
