all() returns whatwever is there, 0, 1, n
first() returns first if any or None
one() asserts there's exactly 1

On Monday 14 January 2008 18:23:28 Adrian wrote:
> I am a bit confused by the behavior for the methods all() and one()
> if the Query would return an empty result set. In the case of all()
> it returns an empty list whereas one() will throw an exception
> (sqlalchemy.exceptions.InvalidRequestError). I am sure there was a
> reason to implement as it is now but wouldn't it be more convenient
> to return simply None (or an empty String) and throw an exception
> only if more than one row would be returned? An empty result set as
> such is valid and shouldn't be treated as an error.

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