``<function> WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY <criteria>)``, using the method :class:`.FunctionElement.within_group`. A series of common set-aggregate functions with return types derived from the set have been added. This includes functions like :class:`.percentile_cont`, :class:`.dense_rank` and others. fixes #1370 - make sure we use func.name for all _literal_as_binds in functions.py so we get consistent naming behavior for parameters.
which automatically returns an :class:`.Array` of the correct type and supports index / slice operations. As arrays are only supported on Postgresql at the moment, only actually works on Postgresql. fixes #3132
of :class:`.FunctionElement` or other column element that incorrectly states 'None' or any other invalid object as the ``.type`` attribute will report this exception instead of recursion overflow. fixes #3485
constructs are now importable from the "from sqlalchemy" namespace, just like every other Core construct. - The implicit conversion of strings to :func:`.text` constructs when passed to most builder methods of :func:`.select` as well as :class:`.Query` now emits a warning with just the plain string sent. The textual conversion still proceeds normally, however. The only method that accepts a string without a warning are the "label reference" methods like order_by(), group_by(); these functions will now at compile time attempt to resolve a single string argument to a column or label expression present in the selectable; if none is located, the expression still renders, but you get the warning again. The rationale here is that the implicit conversion from string to text is more unexpected than not these days, and it is better that the user send more direction to the Core / ORM when passing a raw string as to what direction should be taken. Core/ORM tutorials have been updated to go more in depth as to how text is handled. fixes #2992
e.g. the ``func`` construct. Previously, behavior for this method was undefined. The current behavior mimics that of pre-0.9.4, which is that the function is turned into a single-column FROM clause with the given alias name, where the column itself is anonymously named. fixes #3137
- apply autopep8 + manual fixes to most of test/sql/
Found using: https://github.com/intgr/topy
is currently being supported in addition to nose, and will likely be preferred to nose going forward. The nose plugin system used by SQLAlchemy has been split out so that it works under pytest as well. There are no plans to drop support for nose at the moment and we hope that the test suite itself can continue to remain as agnostic of testing platform as possible. See the file README.unittests.rst for updated information on running tests with pytest. The test plugin system has also been enhanced to support running tests against mutiple database URLs at once, by specifying the ``--db`` and/or ``--dburi`` flags multiple times. This does not run the entire test suite for each database, but instead allows test cases that are specific to certain backends make use of that backend as the test is run. When using pytest as the test runner, the system will also run specific test suites multiple times, once for each database, particularly those tests within the "dialect suite". The plan is that the enhanced system will also be used by Alembic, and allow Alembic to run migration operation tests against multiple backends in one run, including third-party backends not included within Alembic itself. Third party dialects and extensions are also encouraged to standardize on SQLAlchemy's test suite as a basis; see the file README.dialects.rst for background on building out from SQLAlchemy's test platform.
into the names used by standard functions in :mod:`sqlalchemy.sql.functions`, such as ``func.coalesce()`` and ``func.max()``. Using these functions in ORM attributes and thus producing annotated versions of them could corrupt the actual function name rendered in the SQL. [ticket:2927]