Michael,

It works !!!  :))

Thank you very much... Every day I play with SQLAlchemy I like it more
and more...

Cheers,

Roger

On 9/23/06, Michael Bayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you should try a custom Boolean type:
>
> from sqlalchemy  import types
>
> class MyBoolean(types.TypeDecorator):
>      impl = types.Boolean
>      def convert_result_value(self, value, dialect):
>          if value is None:
>              return None
>          elif value == 'S':
>             return True
>          elif value == 'N':
>             return False
>          else:
>             raise "invalid value %s" % value
>      def convert_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
>         if value:
>           return 'S'
>         else:
>           return 'N'
>
> customer_table = Table('customer', metadata,
>      Column('active', MyBoolean),
>      autoload=True)
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Roger Demetrescu wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have several tables with string columns (actually they are char[1]
> > columns) which represent boolean values:
> >
> >   'S'  means True
> >   'N'  means False
> >
> > So, when I do :
> >
> >>>> customer_table = Table('customer', metadata, autoload=True)
> >>>> class Cliente(object): pass
> >>>> c = session.query(Customer).get(999)
> >>>> c.active
> > 'S'
> >
> > Where I wished the last sentence has returned True.
> >
> > Is it possible to change columns type (and representation values) when
> > mapping my classes ?
> >
> > I have already tried to do something like:
> >
> >>>> customer_table = Table('customer', metadata,
> >>>>     Column('active', Boolean),
> >>>>     autoload=True)
> >
> > but have no sucess...  :(
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger
> >
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