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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py index c94af5b1c..06c4fca62 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/interfaces.py @@ -193,19 +193,21 @@ class Dialect(object): pass - def reflecttable(self, connection, table, include_columns=None): + def reflecttable(self, connection, table, include_columns, exclude_columns): """Load table description from the database. Given a :class:`.Connection` and a :class:`~sqlalchemy.schema.Table` object, reflect its columns and - properties from the database. If include_columns (a list or - set) is specified, limit the autoload to the given column - names. + properties from the database. - The default implementation uses the - :class:`~sqlalchemy.engine.reflection.Inspector` interface to - provide the output, building upon the granular table/column/ - constraint etc. methods of :class:`.Dialect`. + The implementation of this method is provided by + :meth:`.DefaultDialect.reflecttable`, which makes use of + :class:`.Inspector` to retrieve column information. + + Dialects should **not** seek to implement this method, and should + instead implement individual schema inspection operations such as + :meth:`.Dialect.get_columns`, :meth:`.Dialect.get_pk_constraint`, + etc. """ @@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ class Dialect(object): Deprecated. This method is only called by the default implementation of :meth:`.Dialect.get_pk_constraint`. Dialects should - instead implement this method directly. + instead implement the :meth:`.Dialect.get_pk_constraint` method directly. """ |