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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/sqlalchemy')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py index 62f163893..84bfca026 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py @@ -909,9 +909,9 @@ class LargeBinary(_Binary): """A type for large binary byte data. - The Binary type generates BLOB or BYTEA when tables are created, - and also converts incoming values using the ``Binary`` callable - provided by each DB-API. + The :class:`.LargeBinary` type corresponds to a large and/or unlengthed + binary type for the target platform, such as BLOB on MySQL and BYTEA for + Postgresql. It also handles the necessary conversions for the DBAPI. """ @@ -922,13 +922,8 @@ class LargeBinary(_Binary): Construct a LargeBinary type. :param length: optional, a length for the column for use in - DDL statements, for those BLOB types that accept a length - (i.e. MySQL). It does *not* produce a *lengthed* BINARY/VARBINARY - type - use the BINARY/VARBINARY types specifically for those. - May be safely omitted if no ``CREATE - TABLE`` will be issued. Certain databases may require a - *length* for use in DDL, and will raise an exception when - the ``CREATE TABLE`` DDL is issued. + DDL statements, for those binary types that accept a length, + such as the MySQL BLOB type. """ _Binary.__init__(self, length=length) |