besides the idea of using getattr(), as these are object attributes it's 
probably a good idea to name them differently from those columns.  See the docs 
at 
https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/orm/mapping_columns.html#naming-columns-distinctly-from-attribute-names
 for strategies on how to achieve this.


On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, at 12:29 AM, Rob Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm using SQLAlchemy to access a legacy MSSQL database.   I'm using the 
> autoload feature to load the schema from the database.
> 
> In this example I'd like to read data out of the column named "1st_period" in 
> the database.   The following query shows the SQL I'd need.  But trying to 
> access a property named "1st_period" yields a SyntaxError
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 
> SELECT TOP 10 [1st_period] FROM Students;
> 
> class Student(Model):
> __table__ = Table("Students", metadata, autoload=True, autoload_with=engine)
> 
> 
> @property
> def first_period(self):
> return self.1st_period
> 
>     
> 
> 

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