Bryan wrote:
>
> The join works great now.  Thanks.
>
> This query is actually being used for a subquery.  Table 'Time' also
> has a column 'employeeId', which translates to an orm attribute of
> 'emp'.  When I add Time.emp to the columns of this subquery, all
> columns of the 'Time' table are output instead of just the
> 'employeeId' column.
>
> When I say:
> q = orm.query(Time.emp)
> print q
>
> A large SQL statement with all the columns in 'Time' appears.  I would
> like it to just show the Time.employee_time column.  Is this possible
> using only the orm library, or must I use the tables underlying
> columnn objects?

do you mean that Time.emp is a relation() to the Employee object ?  if you
want just employeeId, ask for that:  query(Time.employeeId)



>
>
>
> On Mar 9, 1:12 pm, "Michael Bayer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> specify the join as an "on" condition:
>>
>> q.join(Time.account)
>> q.join(Time.job)
>>
>> Bryan wrote:
>>
>> > I have a table 'Time' that has many-to-1 relationships to tables 'Job'
>> > and 'Account'.  There is also a 1-to-many relationship between job and
>> > Account.
>>
>> > Tables
>> > ----------------------------------------------
>> > Time
>> >    --> Account
>> >    --> Job
>> > Job --> Account
>>
>> > I am trying to pull back a few rows from Time, Job and Account via the
>> > orm library.  I want to try and avoid using the actual sql objects.
>>
>> > I can't join them simply like below because the reference between Job
>> > and Account is making the join ambiguous.  I want to join Time to Job
>> > and Time to Account.
>>
>> > q = orm.query(
>> >       func.sum(Time.hours),
>> >       Time.day,
>> >       Job.number,
>> >       Account.code
>> >      )
>> > q = q.join(Job)
>> > q = q.join(Account)
>>
>> > How can i tell sqlalchemy to join Job and Account to Time, and not to
>> > eachother?
>>
>> > Bryan
>>
>>
> >
>


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