Hi, I have a table with many columns (columnA, columnB, columnC) and I want to know, how many different entries in columnB are. I would do such an SQL query:
select distinct columnB from myTable; I see there is also ``distinct()`` in SQL Alchemy. However - I am using Class defined ORM like this: class MyTable(db.Model): __tablename__ = "myTable" columnA = db.Column(...) columnB = db.Column(...) columnC = db.Column(...) Thus, I am querying like this: MyTable.query.all() The problem seems to be that I was not able to figure out a way to reduce the columns, e.g. when I add a ``distinct`` MyTable.query.distinct.all() The distinct function will always use **all** columns. I also tried ``load_only`` with no success. I understand, I could define a class, containing only the required column, then I am told, I should just some ``extend_existing``. What is the required way to use ``distinct`` in a class based query? Thanks a lot Cornelius -- SQLAlchemy - The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ To post example code, please provide an MCVE: Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example. See http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve for a full description. --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.