On Aug 6, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Mike Conley wrote: > You can get to the column default value. > > class MyTable(Base): > __tablename__ = 'table' > id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True) > name = Column(String, default='new name') > def __init__(self, name=None): > if name is not None: > self.name = name > else: > self.name = getDefault(self, 'name') > def getDefault(instance, colName): > col = instance.__table__.c[colName] > if col.default is not None: > dflt = col.default.arg > else: > dflt = None > return dflt
Mike, Thanks. I adapted your code: def __init__(self): for col in self.__table__.c: if col.default is not None: self.__setattr__(col.key, col.default.arg) Mark -- 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.