as :class:`.TypeDecorator` objects.

dialect on a type where MySQL does not support CAST; MySQL only
supports CAST on a subset of datatypes.   SQLAlchemy has for a long
time just omitted the CAST for unsupported types in the case of
MySQL.  While we don't want to change this now, we emit a warning
to show that it's taken place.   A warning is also emitted when
a CAST is used with an older MySQL version (< 4) that doesn't support
CAST at all, it's skipped in this case as well.
fixes #3237

when using the :paramref:`.Column.server_default` parameter, will
now be rendered using the "inline" compiler, so that they are rendered
as-is, rather than as bound parameters.
fixes #3087

commit of pr152

all cases, so that MySQL 5.6.6 with the
``explicit_defaults_for_timestamp`` flag enabled will
will allow TIMESTAMP to continue to work as expected when
``nullable=False``.  Existing applications are unaffected as
SQLAlchemy has always emitted NULL for a TIMESTAMP column that
is ``nullable=True``.  fixes #3155

:meth:`.Connection.invalidate` method, or an invalidation due
to a database disconnect, would fail if the
``isolation_level`` parameter had been used with
:meth:`.Connection.execution_options`; the "finalizer" that resets
the isolation level would be called on the no longer opened connection.
fixes #3302

with :meth:`.Connection.execution_options` when a :class:`.Transaction`
is in play; DBAPIs and/or SQLAlchemy dialects such as psycopg2,
MySQLdb may implicitly rollback or commit the transaction, or
not change the setting til next transaction, so this is never safe.
- Added new parameter :paramref:`.Session.connection.execution_options`
which may be used to set up execution options on a :class:`.Connection`
when it is first checked out, before the transaction has begun.
This is used to set up options such as isolation level on the
connection before the transaction starts.
- added new documentation section
detailing best practices for setting transaction isolation with
sessions.
fixes #3296