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+.. include:: tutorial_nav_include.rst
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+.. _tutorial_engine:
+
+Establishing Connectivity - the Engine
+==========================================
+
+
+The start of any SQLAlchemy application is an object called the
+:class:`_future.Engine`.   This object acts as a central source of connections
+to a particular database, providing both a factory as well as a holding
+space called a :ref:`connection pool <pooling_toplevel>` for these database
+connections.   The engine is typically a global object created just
+once for a particular database server, and is configured using a URL string
+which will describe how it should connect to the database host or backend.
+
+For this tutorial we will use an in-memory-only SQLite database. This is an
+easy way to test things without needing to have an actual pre-existing database
+set up.  The :class:`_future.Engine` is created by using :func:`_sa.create_engine`, specifying
+the :paramref:`_sa.create_engine.future` flag set to ``True`` so that we make full use
+of :term:`2.0 style` usage:
+
+.. sourcecode:: pycon+sql
+
+    >>> from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+    >>> engine = create_engine("sqlite+pysqlite:///:memory:", echo=True, future=True)
+
+The main argument to :class:`_sa.create_engine`
+is a string URL, above passed as the string ``"sqlite+pysqlite:///:memory:"``.
+This string indicates to the :class:`_future.Engine` three important
+facts:
+
+1. What kind of database are we communicating with?   This is the ``sqlite``
+   portion above, which links in SQLAlchemy to an object known as the
+   :term:`dialect`.
+
+2. What :term:`DBAPI` are we using?  The Python :term:`DBAPI` is a third party
+   driver that SQLAlchemy uses to interact with a particular database.  In
+   this case, we're using the name ``pysqlite``, which in modern Python
+   use is the `sqlite3 <http://docs.python.org/library/sqlite3.html>`_ standard
+   library interface for SQLite.
+
+3. How do we locate the database?   In this case, our URL includes the phrase
+   ``/:memory:``, which is an indicator to the ``sqlite3`` module that we
+   will be using an **in-memory-only** database.   This kind of database
+   is perfect for experimenting as it does not require any server nor does
+   it need to create new files.
+
+.. sidebar:: Lazy Connecting
+
+    The :class:`_future.Engine`, when first returned by :func:`_sa.create_engine`,
+    has not actually tried to connect to the database yet; that happens
+    only the first time it is asked to perform a task against the database.
+    This is a software design pattern known as :term:`lazy initialization`.
+
+We have also specified a parameter :paramref:`_sa.create_engine.echo`, which
+will instruct the :class:`_future.Engine` to log all of the SQL it emits to a
+Python logger that will write to standard out.   This flag is a shorthand way
+of setting up
+:ref:`Python logging more formally <dbengine_logging>` and is useful for
+experimentation in scripts.   Many of the SQL examples will include this
+SQL logging output beneath a ``[SQL]`` link that when clicked, will reveal
+the full SQL interaction.
+