are now exercised within the normal unit test suite in both Python
2 and Python 3.
- remove the old testdocs.py runner and replace with test/base/test_tutorials.py
- use pytest's unicode fixer so that we can test for unicode strings
in both py2k/3k
- use py3k format overall for prints, exceptions
- add other fixers to guarantee deterministic results
- add skips and ellipses to outputs that aren't worth matching
the many caveats and confusing effects of, the popular approach
of using contains_eager() to alter the natural result of a
related collection. I'm not a fan of this technique as it changes
the semantics of a relationship in such a way that the rest of the
ORM isn't aware of and it also can be undone very easily; hence the
section needs as much text for warnings as for describing the
technique itself. fixes#3563
relationship flag; this flag *does* have an effect when the baked
lazy loader plugin has been invoked. clarify the intent of this
flag as an "opt out" but only has an effect when the baked system
is loaded anyway. fixes#3572
:class:`.AssociationProxy` constructor, to suit the
:attr:`.AssociationProxy.info` accessor that was added in
🎫`2971`. This is possible because :class:`.AssociationProxy`
is constructed explicitly, unlike a hybrid which is constructed
implicitly via the decorator syntax.
fixes#3551
which indicates to the ORM that a positive set of None should be
persisted as the value NULL, instead of omitting the column from
the INSERT statement. This feature is used both as part of the
implementation for 🎫`3514` as well as a standalone feature
available on any type. fixes#3250
- add new documentation section illustrating the "how to force null"
use case of #3250
- alter our change from #3514 so that the class-level flag is now
called "should_evaluate_none"; so that "evaluates_none" is now
a generative method.
unambiguous tracking of all object lifecycle state transitions
in terms of the :class:`.Session` itself, e.g. pending,
transient, persistent, detached. The state of the object
within each event is also defined.
fixes#2677
- Added a new session lifecycle state :term:`deleted`. This new state
represents an object that has been deleted from the :term:`persistent`
state and will move to the :term:`detached` state once the transaction
is committed. This resolves the long-standing issue that objects
which were deleted existed in a gray area between persistent and
detached. The :attr:`.InstanceState.persistent` accessor will
**no longer** report on a deleted object as persistent; the
:attr:`.InstanceState.deleted` accessor will instead be True for
these objects, until they become detached.
- The :paramref:`.Session.weak_identity_map` parameter is deprecated.
See the new recipe at :ref:`session_referencing_behavior` for
an event-based approach to maintaining strong identity map behavior.
references #3517
all DBs now support ON UPDATE CASCADE other than Oracle, there's no need
to try to reimplement more functionality here and users should be encouraged
to forego natural PKs unless their target platform supports them.
references #2666
simple but unusual system allows for a dramatic savings in Python
overhead for the construction and processing of orm :class:`.Query`
objects, from query construction up through rendering of a string
SQL statement.
fixes#3054
:meth:`.QueryEvents.before_compile` event allows the creation
of functions which may place additional modifications to
:class:`.Query` objects before the construction of the SELECT
statement. It is hoped that this event be made much more
useful via the advent of a new inspection system that will
allow for detailed modifications to be made against
:class:`.Query` objects in an automated fashion.
fixes#3317
with :meth:`.Connection.execution_options` when a :class:`.Transaction`
is in play; DBAPIs and/or SQLAlchemy dialects such as psycopg2,
MySQLdb may implicitly rollback or commit the transaction, or
not change the setting til next transaction, so this is never safe.
- Added new parameter :paramref:`.Session.connection.execution_options`
which may be used to set up execution options on a :class:`.Connection`
when it is first checked out, before the transaction has begun.
This is used to set up options such as isolation level on the
connection before the transaction starts.
- added new documentation section
detailing best practices for setting transaction isolation with
sessions.
fixes#3296
Mike Bayer