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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py index 0dbb2404f..9b3dbedd8 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py @@ -107,10 +107,11 @@ def create_engine(*args, **kwargs): arguments sent as options to the dialect and resulting Engine. The URL is a string in the form - ``dialect://user:password@host/dbname[?key=value..]``, where - ``dialect`` is a name such as ``mysql``, ``oracle``, ``postgresql``, - etc. Alternatively, the URL can be an instance of - :class:`~sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL`. + ``dialect+driver://user:password@host/dbname[?key=value..]``, where + ``dialect`` is a database name such as ``mysql``, ``oracle``, + ``postgresql``, etc., and ``driver`` the name of a DBAPI, such as + ``psycopg2``, ``pyodbc``, ``cx_oracle``, etc. Alternatively, + the URL can be an instance of :class:`~sqlalchemy.engine.url.URL`. `**kwargs` takes a wide variety of options which are routed towards their appropriate components. Arguments may be |