
Note that the naming convention feature requires at least drop_constraint ( "fk_bar_foo_id_foo", type_ = "foreignkey" ) batch_alter_table ( "bar", naming_convention = naming_convention ) as batch_op : batch_op.

Were named but SQLAlchemy isn’t loading this name, may be given a name,Īs described in Integration of Naming Conventions into Operations, Autogenerate. In order to overcome this, the Operations.batch_alter_table() method supports aĪll reflected constraints, including foreign keys that are unnamed, or In order to target the correct constraint. Within the scope of batch mode, this presents the issue that theīatchOperations.drop_constraint() method requires a constraint name They still aren’t targetable within the batch reflection process prior The steps to apply names to the constraints as stated in the database,

So even if the target application has gone through SQLAlchemy omits the name of foreign key constraints when reflecting themĪgainst the SQLite backend. Name will be assigned in the case of all other database backends.Ī second issue is that SQLAlchemy itself has inconsistent behavior inĭealing with SQLite constraints as far as names. Unnamed when they are created on the target database an automatically generated Only on SQLite will these constraints remain entirely Or ForeignKe圜onstraint objects are used without The first challenge this represents is that an unnamed constraint can’tīy itself be targeted by the BatchOperations.drop_constraint() method.Īn unnamed FOREIGN KEY constraint is implicit whenever the Target database will always generate some kind of name, if one is not SQLite, unlike any other database, allows constraints to exist in theĭatabase that have no identifying name. Dropping Unnamed or Named Foreign Key Constraints ¶ Will attempt to detail many of these scenarios. Such as FOREIGN KEY, CHECK and UNIQUE constraints. There are a variety of issues when using “batch” mode with constraints, The reflection process may also be bypassed entirely by sending a alter_column ( 'flag', new_column_name = 'bflag', existing_type = Boolean ) batch_alter_table ( "bar", reflect_kwargs = dict ( listeners = ) ) as batch_op : batch_op. Object is reflected with the create_constraint flag set to False:ĭef listen_for_reflect ( inspector, table, column_info ): "correct an ENUM type" if column_info = 'my_enum' : column_info = Enum ( 'a', 'b', 'c' ) with self. The reflection process such that a Boolean “move and copy” proceeds is performed using the standard autoload=TrueĪpproach. To run “move and copy” unconditionally in all cases, including on databases Operations.batch_alter_table() can be configured Which is the one kind of column-level ALTER statement that SQLite supports. Migration directives other than Operations.add_column() present, The “move and copy” process if SQLite is in use, and if there are There were no batch directive - the batch context by default only does On other backends, we’d see the usual ALTER statements done as though

id FROM some_table DROP TABLE some_table ALTER TABLE _alembic_batch_temp RENAME TO some_table The Operations.batch_alter_table() method provides the gateway to thisĬREATE TABLE _alembic_batch_temp ( id INTEGER NOT NULL, foo INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY ( id ) ) INSERT INTO _alembic_batch_temp ( id ) SELECT some_table. Table is dropped and the new one renamed to the original name. Old table to the new table using “INSERT from SELECT”, and finally the old “move and copy” procedure begins the existing table structure is reflectedįrom the database, a new version of this table is created with the given When the context is complete, a process begins whereby the Mutation operations to that table alone are specified within
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Within this context, a relational table is named, and then a series of With other databases, Alembic provides the batch operations context. In a way that is reasonably predictable, while also remaining compatible We’ll call this “move and copy” workflow, and in order to accommodate it Table to the new one, then drop the old table. Migration tools are instead expected to produce copies of SQLite tables thatĬorrespond to the new structure, transfer the data from the existing Philosophical and architectural concerns within SQLite, and they are unlikely In that it has almost no support for the ALTER statement which The SQLite database presents a challenge to migration tools Running “Batch” Migrations for SQLite and Other Databases ¶
