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-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/databases/postgres.py17
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 93dfd62b2..ff99249b9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ CHANGES
- postgres TIMESTAMP renders correctly [ticket:981]
+ - postgres PGArray is a "mutable" type by default;
+ when used with the ORM, mutable-style equality/
+ copy-on-write techniques are used to test for changes.
+
0.4.3
------
- sql
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/postgres.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/postgres.py
index 9f8e98607..19228f558 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/postgres.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/postgres.py
@@ -113,11 +113,24 @@ class PGBoolean(sqltypes.Boolean):
def get_col_spec(self):
return "BOOLEAN"
-class PGArray(sqltypes.Concatenable, sqltypes.TypeEngine):
- def __init__(self, item_type):
+class PGArray(sqltypes.MutableType, sqltypes.Concatenable, sqltypes.TypeEngine):
+ def __init__(self, item_type, mutable=True):
if isinstance(item_type, type):
item_type = item_type()
self.item_type = item_type
+ self.mutable = mutable
+
+ def copy_value(self, value):
+ if self.mutable:
+ return list(value)
+ else:
+ return value
+
+ def compare_values(self, x, y):
+ return x == y
+
+ def is_mutable(self):
+ return self.mutable
def dialect_impl(self, dialect, **kwargs):
impl = self.__class__.__new__(self.__class__)