cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect

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Helper functions relating to SQLAlchemy SQL dialects.

class cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.SqlaDialectName

Dialect names used by SQLAlchemy.

cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.get_dialect(mixed: SQLCompiler | Engine | Dialect) → Dialect

Finds the SQLAlchemy dialect in use.

Parameters:

mixed – an SQLAlchemy SQLCompiler, Engine, or Dialect object

Returns: the SQLAlchemy Dialect being used

cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.get_dialect_from_name(dialect_name: str) → Dialect

Creates a Dialect. Not very elegant.

cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.get_dialect_name(mixed: SQLCompiler | Engine | Dialect) → str

Finds the name of the SQLAlchemy dialect in use.

Parameters:

mixed – an SQLAlchemy SQLCompiler, Engine, or Dialect object

Returns: the SQLAlchemy dialect name being used

cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.get_preparer(mixed: SQLCompiler | Engine | Dialect) → IdentifierPreparer

Returns the SQLAlchemy IdentifierPreparer in use for the dialect being used.

Parameters:

mixed – an SQLAlchemy SQLCompiler, Engine, or Dialect object

Returns: an IdentifierPreparer

cardinal_pythonlib.sqlalchemy.dialect.quote_identifier(identifier: str, mixed: SQLCompiler | Engine | Dialect) → str

Converts an SQL identifier to a quoted version, via the SQL dialect in use.

Parameters:

  • identifier – the identifier to be quoted

  • mixed – an SQLAlchemy SQLCompiler, Engine, or Dialect object

Returns:

the quoted identifier