It looks like I imported the `sqlalchemy.alias` instead of `sqlalchemy.orm.aliased`, and just typod when posting here.
switching to sqlalchemy.orm.aliased -- which I used in an identical manner 7 other times in this file -- immediately fixed things. thanks for setting me straight. looks like I had really tired eyes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.