On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi All > I'm writing a program for graphically configuring database schemas. > To do this, I want to use the sqlalchemy schema.py objects to store my > metadata as its changed and modified. > > To do this, I think i will need three things. > 1. Apply the meta data changes to a development database, As this is > the easiest way to ensure integrity as you are reconfiguring the > structure. > 2. Store incremental changes to the metadata > 3. Snapshot the metadata to a file so it can be restored. > > Does SQL Alchemy currently have any facilities to help me achieve > items 2 and 3? for #1 and #2, you want to use sqlalchemy-migrate at http://code.google.com/p/sqlalchemy-migrate/ . For #3, the metadata object can be pickled, and for more sophisticated serilalization of expression and ORM constructs there is also a "serializer" extension in 0.5, documented at http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/05/plugins.html#plugins_serializer . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
