- _Label class overrides compare_self to return its ultimate object.

meaning, if you say someexpr.label('foo') == 5, it produces
the correct "someexpr == 5".

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c507c202e..d1c0df454 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+- sql
+    - _Label class overrides compare_self to return its ultimate object.
+      meaning, if you say someexpr.label('foo') == 5, it produces
+      the correct "someexpr == 5".
 - mysql
     - support for column-level CHARACTER SET and COLLATE declarations,
       as well as ASCII, UNICODE, NATIONAL and BINARY shorthand.
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql.py
index fe987cc11..0dcba3698 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql.py
@@ -2380,6 +2380,9 @@ class _Label(ColumnElement):
     key = property(lambda s: s.name)
     _label = property(lambda s: s.name)
     orig_set = property(lambda s:s.obj.orig_set)
+
+    def _compare_self(self):
+        return self.obj
     
     def get_children(self, **kwargs):
         return self.obj,
diff --git a/test/sql/select.py b/test/sql/select.py
index c10f12c2c..ccd5c33a8 100644
--- a/test/sql/select.py
+++ b/test/sql/select.py
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ sq.myothertable_othername AS sq_myothertable_othername FROM (" + sqstring + ") A
                          order_by = ['dist', places.c.nm]
                          )
         self.runtest(q, "SELECT places.id, places.nm, main_zip.zipcode, latlondist((SELECT zips.latitude FROM zips WHERE zips.zipcode = main_zip.zipcode), (SELECT zips.longitude FROM zips WHERE zips.zipcode = main_zip.zipcode)) AS dist FROM places, zips AS main_zip ORDER BY dist, places.nm")
-            
+    
+    def testlabelcomparison(self):
+        x = func.lala(table1.c.myid).label('foo')
+        self.runtest(select([x], x==5), "SELECT lala(mytable.myid) AS foo FROM mytable WHERE lala(mytable.myid) = :literal")
+        
     def testand(self):
         self.runtest(
             select(['*'], and_(table1.c.myid == 12, table1.c.name=='asdf', table2.c.othername == 'foo', "sysdate() = today()")),