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-rw-r--r--doc/build/changelog/unreleased_12/single_entity.rst9
-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py3
-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py11
-rw-r--r--test/orm/test_query.py22
4 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_12/single_entity.rst b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_12/single_entity.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3eb7e5644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_12/single_entity.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.. change::
+ :tags: feature, orm
+ :versions: 1.3.0b1
+
+ Added new feature :meth:`.Query.only_return_tuples`. Causes the
+ :class:`.Query` object to return keyed tuple objects unconditionally even
+ if the query is against a single entity. Pull request courtesy Eric
+ Atkin.
+
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py
index 2628093e0..3599aa3e7 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/loading.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ def instances(query, cursor, context):
filtered = query._has_mapper_entities
- single_entity = len(query._entities) == 1 and \
+ single_entity = not query._only_return_tuples and \
+ len(query._entities) == 1 and \
query._entities[0].supports_single_entity
if filtered:
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
index 1e7f8a266..043be5539 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class Query(object):
"""
+ _only_return_tuples = False
_enable_eagerloads = True
_enable_assertions = True
_with_labels = False
@@ -604,6 +605,16 @@ class Query(object):
return self.enable_eagerloads(False).with_labels().statement
@_generative()
+ def only_return_tuples(self, value):
+ """When set to True, the query results will always be a tuple,
+ specifically for single element queries. The default is False.
+
+ . .. versionadded:: 1.2.5
+
+ """
+ self._only_return_tuples = value
+
+ @_generative()
def enable_eagerloads(self, value):
"""Control whether or not eager joins and subqueries are
rendered.
diff --git a/test/orm/test_query.py b/test/orm/test_query.py
index 502f1427a..ed2b17edc 100644
--- a/test/orm/test_query.py
+++ b/test/orm/test_query.py
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ class MiscTest(QueryTest):
assert q1.session is s1
+class OnlyReturnTuplesTest(QueryTest):
+ def test_single_entity_false(self):
+ User = self.classes.User
+ row = create_session().query(User).only_return_tuples(False).first()
+ assert isinstance(row, User)
+
+ def test_single_entity_true(self):
+ User = self.classes.User
+ row = create_session().query(User).only_return_tuples(True).first()
+ assert isinstance(row, tuple)
+
+ def test_multiple_entity_false(self):
+ User = self.classes.User
+ row = create_session().query(User.id, User).only_return_tuples(False).first()
+ assert isinstance(row, tuple)
+
+ def test_multiple_entity_true(self):
+ User = self.classes.User
+ row = create_session().query(User.id, User).only_return_tuples(True).first()
+ assert isinstance(row, tuple)
+
+
class RowTupleTest(QueryTest):
run_setup_mappers = None