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authorMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2014-09-26 12:50:18 -0400
committerMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2014-09-26 12:50:18 -0400
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- add explicit warning re: polymorphic_on, cascading is not supported
at this time. ref #3214
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+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/mapper.py
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@ class Mapper(InspectionAttr):
thus persisting the value to the ``discriminator`` column
in the database.
+ .. warning::
+
+ Currently, **only one discriminator column may be set**, typically
+ on the base-most class in the hierarchy. "Cascading" polymorphic
+ columns are not yet supported.
+
.. seealso::
:ref:`inheritance_toplevel`