On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Nelson <nelsonp...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello SQLAlchemy experts,
>
> I'd like to view the contents of a table object as a dictionary.
> Example:
>
> s = Table('sparrow', Column('type', String(50)) , Column('weight',
> Integer), ... etc)
> s.type = 'African'
> s.weight = 32
>
> Then I want to see / get a dictionary:
>
> {'type': 'African, weight: 32, ... etc}
>
> Easy way to do that I'm missing?
>
> Thanks
>
You could probably set up a mapper, and then make your mapped object behave
like a dictionary by using __getitem__(), __setitem__(), etc.
I don't know enough about SQLAlchemy internals to know whether that would
interfere with anything SQLAlchemy itself is doing though.
Kevin Horn
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