TypeDecorator doesn't affect the decorated type via subclassing, it affects it via the "impl" attribute, hence "decorates". So you say self.impl = Enum(...). You don't need to use TypeDecorator here if all you want to do is create an Enum with default arguments, just subclass Enum directly.
On Aug 9, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Nikolaj wrote: > I'm on MySQL and trying to create a type that stores enums as > VARCHAR(255). However, the following code still issues an ENUM() DDL. > What am I doing wrong here? > > class StringEnum(types.TypeDecorator): > impl = types.Enum > > def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): > super(StringEnum, self).__init__(*args, native_enum=False, > **kwargs) > self.length = 255 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sqlalchemy" group. > To post to this group, send email to sqlalch...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalch...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en.
