Meanwhile... meh. I'll be more than happy to go with Numeric(16,2) as suggested by #postgresql. Should work fine and the only disadvantage is the most minor of semantic objections.
On Dec 18, 1:57 pm, Eric Ongerth <ericonge...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, I read through all of the relevant files, postgresql.py and the > rest, and of course this section of the SA > docs:http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/core/types.html#custom-types > > But I'm confused about a couple of things. One: what I'm reading > seems to be suggesting that I just ignore the existence of a postgres > Money type and just TypeDecorate a Numeric to get what I want. I was > hoping to do the necessary plumbing to get SA to recognize columns in > reflected tables that are defined as Money type and work with them > appropriately. Am I missing something? > > Two, and closely related, If I just make a TypeDecorator, or even my > own UserDefinedType, I'm not yet seeing how SA will know to make use > of it when reflecting. > > I guess what I'm really asking is this: If SA doesn't 'know about' > postgresql's Money type, it doesn't know about it! I understand how > to fake it by making a type decorator so I can store what I need to in > a Numeric column but have it represented in my python objects via any > interface I please. What I don't understand is how to make SA > actually USE the native postgresql Money type. > > It's probably right in front of my face but maybe I'm misinterpreting > some of the code so I keep falling back into the same mental orbit > about it. > > Thanks in advance if you can help clear my view. > > On Dec 18, 1:15 pm, Eric Ongerth <ericonge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Postgres deprecated the Money data type around 8.2 but then brought it > > back with better support soon after (I think 8.3 or 8.4 and after). > > > I found the following message on this group, where Mike welcomes > > anyone to just roll their own type stuff for it or possibly submit a > > patch. > > >http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy/msg/77efa08097492b1a > > > This should be easy enough to do; I'm just wondering if anyone has > > already done so and is willing to share, just to avoid reinventing a > > wheel. > > > Thanks! -- 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.
