On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > In postgres (and I believe also in sqlite3) values in a table column can > be restricted to certain values. > > In models.py the class Sites() includes this column: > > data_type = Column(String(12), nullable=False, > CheckConstraint('Biogical', 'Chemical', 'Microbial', > 'Physical', > 'Multiple')) > > but Python doesn't like this syntax: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./openEDMS.py", line 18, in <module> > import models > File "/home/rshepard/development/openEDMS/models.py", line 28 > data_type = Column(String(64), nullable=False, > CheckConstraint('Biogical', > 'Chemical', 'Microbial', > 'Physical', 'Multiple')) ^ > SyntaxError: positional argument follows keyword argument > > My web search found examples and the SA CHECK constraint description, but > none used a list of strings as acceptable values. I need to learn how to > implement this constraint as there are several model classes that use it.
you're looking for a table-level check constraint with IN: table.append_constraint( CheckConstraint(table.c.data_type.in_('A', 'B', 'C')) ) alternatively, just use the backend-agnostic Enum type with native=False: http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/type_basics.html?highlight=enum#sqlalchemy.types.Enum gives you the same CHECK constraint > > Rich > > > -- > 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. -- 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.