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| author | Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> | 2013-06-26 07:29:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> | 2013-06-26 07:29:48 +0100 |
| commit | fb469dfb240ef62ee05d58f843f4923c635a6ad2 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a59549aac8744e208cb7c9459f22df202be3253 | |
| parent | 110877cf14e10c2d16ec26ddabb0ecc6a5ef9af1 (diff) | |
| download | sqlalchemy-pr/12.tar.gz | |
Tidy range types docs and add warning about the return type support offered by different versions of different DBAPI libraries.pr/12
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build/dialects/postgresql.rst | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build/dialects/postgresql.rst b/doc/build/dialects/postgresql.rst index d401eef5b..3c151483f 100644 --- a/doc/build/dialects/postgresql.rst +++ b/doc/build/dialects/postgresql.rst @@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ construction arguments, are as follows: :members: __init__ :show-inheritance: -.. autoclass:: sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.ranges.RangeOperators - :members: +Range Types +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The new range column types founds in PostgreSQL 9.2 onwards are +catered for by the following types: .. autoclass:: INT4RANGE :show-inheritance: @@ -103,6 +106,19 @@ construction arguments, are as follows: .. autoclass:: TSTZRANGE :show-inheritance: +The types above get most of their functionality from the following +mixin: + +.. autoclass:: sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.ranges.RangeOperators + :members: + +.. warning:: + + The range type DDL support should work with any Postgres DBAPI + driver, however the data types returned may vary. If you are using + ``psycopg2``, it's recommended to upgrade to version 2.5 or later + before using these column types. + PostgreSQL Constraint Types --------------------------- |