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-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py
index 9b48e839f..78a130f62 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py
@@ -1131,9 +1131,9 @@ class Enum(String, SchemaType):
import enum
class MyEnum(enum.Enum):
- one = "one"
- two = "two"
- three = "three"
+ one = 1
+ two = 2
+ three = 3
t = Table(
@@ -1144,6 +1144,11 @@ class Enum(String, SchemaType):
connection.execute(t.insert(), {"value": MyEnum.two})
assert connection.scalar(t.select()) is MyEnum.two
+ Above, the string names of each element, e.g. "one", "two", "three",
+ are persisted to the database; the values of the Python Enum, here
+ indicated as integers, are **not** used; the value of each enum can
+ therefore be any kind of Python object whether or not it is persistable.
+
.. versionadded:: 1.1 - support for PEP-435-style enumerated
classes.