SQLAlchemy Core

The breadth of SQLAlchemy’s SQL rendering engine, DBAPI integration,transaction integration, and schema description services are documented here.In contrast to the ORM’s domain-centric mode of usage, the SQL ExpressionLanguage provides a schema-centric usage paradigm.

• SQL Expression Language Tutorial
  • Version Check
  • Connecting
  • Define and Create Tables
  • Insert Expressions
  • Executing
  • Executing Multiple Statements
  • Selecting
  • Operators
  • Conjunctions
  • Using Textual SQL
  • Using Aliases and Subqueries
  • Using Joins
  • Everything Else
  • Inserts, Updates and Deletes
  • Further Reference
• SQL Statements and Expressions API
  • Column Elements and Expressions
  • Selectables, Tables, FROM objects
  • Insert, Updates, Deletes
  • SQL and Generic Functions
  • Custom SQL Constructs and Compilation Extension
  • Expression Serializer Extension
  • Visitor and Traversal Utilities
• Schema Definition Language
  • Describing Databases with MetaData
  • Reflecting Database Objects
  • Column INSERT/UPDATE Defaults
  • Defining Constraints and Indexes
  • Customizing DDL
• Column and Data Types
  • Column and Data Types
  • Custom Types
  • Base Type API
• Engine and Connection Use
  • Engine Configuration
  • Working with Engines and Connections
  • Connection Pooling
  • Core Events
• Core API Basics
  • Events
  • Runtime Inspection API
  • Deprecated Event Interfaces
  • Core Exceptions
  • Core Internals