> Maybe you can squelch the exception by using a synonym with the descriptor > argument to map to a fake property.
Oooh, I had not come across this construct before - looks as if it might do exactly what I want. I might even be able to make a decorator that wraps this all up nicely. Thank you very much; I shall let you know how I get on! -- 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 sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en.
