try session.query(Consultation).filter_by(), sorry I am actually used to using the above specified syntax because I usually use Flask-SQLAlchemy.
-- Dhruv Baldawa (http://www.dhruvb.com) On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Sriram Karra <karra....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Dhruv Baldawa <dhruvbald...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Yes, this will be consistent. Just to explain in brief how it works. The > > default function gets executed in runtime, when a new record is created, > it > > just go throughs the database, finds the number of records for that > > particular date and increments it by one and returns it. As long as the > > same procedure is followed, it would be consistent, but if someone > > specifies the value explicitly, it might create a problem. Also, I have > > found a bug which can be solved using context-based default > > functions< > > > http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/rel_0_7/core/schema.html#context-sensitive-default-functions > > > > > > > def generate_consultation_id(context): > > return > > > Consultation.query.filter_by(date=context.current_parameters['date']).count() > + > > 1 > > > Hey, I think I spoke too early and in error. I was explicitly setting the > cid field and not hitting the default setter, and I mistakenly thought the > solution actually worked. I keep getting the error: > > sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError: type object 'Consultation' has no attribute > 'query' (original cause: AttributeError: type object 'Consultation' has no > attribute 'query') 'INSERT INTO consultation (patient_id, doctor_id, > dept_id, date, charge, notes, cid) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)' [{'notes': > 'Lorem Ipsum Gypsum zero sum', 'patient_id': 1, 'date': datetime.date(2013, > 1, 16), 'charge': 30, 'dept_id': 7, 'doctor_id': None}] > > query appears to be an attribute of a session class. Know what's going on? > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers