I think you would actually want to query v$parameter since "compatible" can be set to a lower version than server which disables 128 lengths.
SQL> select value from v$parameter where name = 'compatible'; VALUE ---------- 12.2.0 On Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 10:30:19 AM UTC-6, Mike Bayer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:23 AM 'Van Klaveren, Brian N.' via > sqlalchemy <sqlal...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Oracle 12.2 now allows 128 character length identifiers: > > > > > https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/12.2/newft/new-features.html#GUID-64283AD6-0939-47B0-856E-5E9255D7246B > > > > > It'd be great if sqlalchemy knew about this, but what's the proper way > of handling this? Just use the existing dialect and monkey patch > max_identifier_length or create a new dialect? > > for now monkeypatch, and for the fix, we would need to look at the > server version info and modify the variable accordingly, here: > > > https://github.com/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/blob/master/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/oracle/base.py#L1087 > > > Pull requests welcome on this or at least we can create an issue in > bitbucket to track this. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > > > > -- > > 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 sqlal...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to sqlal...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sqlalchemy/41e601e2-d077-4d5c-93ea-4302d02df591%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.