class Function(FunctionElement):
Describe a named SQL function.
The .Function
object is typically generated from the
.func
generation object.
See Also
:ref:`tutorial_functions` - in the :ref:`unified_tutorial`
.func
- namespace which produces registered or ad-hoc
.Function
instances.
.GenericFunction
- allows creation of registered function
types.
Parameters | |
*clauses | list of column expressions that form the arguments of the SQL function call. |
type_ | optional .TypeEngine datatype object that will be
used as the return value of the column expression generated by this
function call. |
packagenames | a string which indicates package prefix names
to be prepended to the function name when the SQL is generated.
The func.mypackage.some_function(col1, col2) |
Method | __init__ |
Construct a .Function . |
Instance Variable | type |
Undocumented |
Method | _bind_param |
Undocumented |
Method | _get_bind |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | __visit_name__ |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _traverse_internals |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _bind |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | name |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | packagenames |
Undocumented |
Inherited from FunctionElement
:
Method | alias |
Produce a _expression.Alias construct against this .FunctionElement . |
Method | as_comparison |
Interpret this expression as a boolean comparison between two values. |
Method | column_valued |
Return this _functions.FunctionElement as a column expression that selects from itself as a FROM clause. |
Method | execute |
Execute this .FunctionElement against an embedded 'bind'. |
Method | filter |
Produce a FILTER clause against this function. |
Method | over |
Produce an OVER clause against this function. |
Method | scalar |
Execute this .FunctionElement against an embedded 'bind' and return a scalar value. |
Method | scalar_table_valued |
Return a column expression that's against this _functions.FunctionElement as a scalar table-valued expression. |
Method | select |
Produce a _expression.select construct against this .FunctionElement . |
Method | self_group |
Apply a 'grouping' to this _expression.ClauseElement . |
Method | table_valued |
Return a _sql.TableValuedAlias representation of this _functions.FunctionElement with table-valued expressions added. |
Method | within_group |
Produce a WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY expr) clause against this function. |
Method | within_group_type |
For types that define their return type as based on the criteria within a WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY) expression, called by the .WithinGroup construct. |
Method | _execute_on_connection |
Undocumented |
Method | clauses |
Return the underlying .ClauseList which contains the arguments for this .FunctionElement . |
Class Variable | _non_anon_label |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _table_value_type |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _with_ordinality |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _has_args |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | clause_expr |
Undocumented |
Property | _all_selected_columns |
A sequence of column expression objects that represents the
"selected" columns of this _expression.ReturnsRows . |
Property | _from_objects |
Undocumented |
Property | _proxy_key |
Undocumented |
Property | columns |
The set of columns exported by this .FunctionElement . |
Property | entity_namespace |
overrides FromClause.entity_namespace as functions are generally column expressions and not FromClauses. |
Property | exported_columns |
A _expression.ColumnCollection
that represents the "exported"
columns of this _expression.Selectable . |
Inherited from Executable
(via FunctionElement
):
Method | _add_context_option |
Add a context option to this statement. |
Method | _set_compile_options |
Assign the compile options to a new value. |
Method | _update_compile_options |
update the _compile_options with new keys. |
Method | execution_options |
Set non-SQL options for the statement which take effect during execution. |
Method | get_execution_options |
Get the non-SQL options which will take effect during execution. |
Method | options |
Apply options to this statement. |
Class Variable | _executable_traverse_internals |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _with_context_options |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _with_options |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_delete |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_dml |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_insert |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_select |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_text |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_update |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | supports_execution |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _compile_options |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _execution_options |
Undocumented |
Property | _effective_plugin_target |
Undocumented |
Property | bind |
Returns the _engine.Engine or _engine.Connection to which this .Executable is bound, or None if none found. |
Inherited from StatementRole
(via FunctionElement
, Executable
):
Class Variable | _propagate_attrs |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _role_name |
Undocumented |
Inherited from SQLRole
(via FunctionElement
, Executable
, StatementRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from Generative
(via FunctionElement
, Executable
):
Method | _generate |
Undocumented |
Inherited from FromClause
(via FunctionElement
):
Method | is_derived_from |
Return True if this _expression.FromClause is 'derived' from the given FromClause. |
Method | join |
Return a _expression.Join from this _expression.FromClause to another FromClause . |
Method | outerjoin |
No summary |
Method | tablesample |
Return a TABLESAMPLE alias of this _expression.FromClause . |
Class Variable | c |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | schema |
Define the 'schema' attribute for this _expression.FromClause . |
Instance Variable | foreign_keys |
Return the collection of _schema.ForeignKey marker objects which this FromClause references. |
Instance Variable | primary_key |
Return the iterable collection of _schema.Column objects which comprise the primary key of this _selectable.FromClause . |
Method | _anonymous_fromclause |
Undocumented |
Method | _generate_fromclause_column_proxies |
Undocumented |
Method | _init_collections |
Undocumented |
Method | _is_lexical_equivalent |
Return True if this _expression.FromClause and the other represent the same lexical identity. |
Method | _populate_column_collection |
Called on subclasses to establish the .c collection. |
Method | _refresh_for_new_column |
Given a column added to the .c collection of an underlying selectable, produce the local version of that column, assuming this selectable ultimately should proxy this column. |
Method | _reset_column_collection |
Reset the attributes linked to the FromClause.c attribute. |
Class Variable | _hide_froms |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_from_clause |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_join |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _select_iterable |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _use_schema_map |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_selectable |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | named_with_column |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _columns |
Undocumented |
Property | _cols_populated |
Undocumented |
Property | description |
A brief description of this _expression.FromClause . |
Inherited from FromClauseRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
):
Class Variable | _is_subquery |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _role_name |
Undocumented |
Inherited from AllowsLambdaRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, ColumnsClauseRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Inherited from UsesInspection
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, ColumnsClauseRole
):
Class Variable | _post_inspect |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from SQLRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, ColumnsClauseRole
, ColumnListRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from AllowsLambdaRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, JoinTargetRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Inherited from UsesInspection
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, JoinTargetRole
):
Class Variable | _post_inspect |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from SQLRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, AnonymizedFromClauseRole
, StrictFromClauseRole
, FromClauseRole
, JoinTargetRole
, StructuralRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from Selectable
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
):
Method | corresponding_column |
No summary |
Method | lateral |
Return a LATERAL alias of this _expression.Selectable . |
Method | replace_selectable |
Replace all occurrences of _expression.FromClause 'old' with the given _expression.Alias object, returning a copy of this _expression.FromClause . |
Inherited from ReturnsRows
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
):
Class Variable | _is_lateral |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_returns_rows |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_select_statement |
Undocumented |
Property | selectable |
Undocumented |
Inherited from ReturnsRowsRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
):
Class Variable | _role_name |
Undocumented |
Inherited from SQLRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ReturnsRowsRole
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from ClauseElement
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
):
Method | compare |
Compare this _expression.ClauseElement to the given _expression.ClauseElement . |
Method | compile |
Compile this SQL expression. |
Method | params |
Return a copy with _expression.bindparam elements replaced. |
Method | unique_params |
Return a copy with _expression.bindparam elements replaced. |
Method | __bool__ |
Undocumented |
Method | __getstate__ |
Undocumented |
Method | __invert__ |
Undocumented |
Method | __repr__ |
Undocumented |
Method | __str__ |
Undocumented |
Method | _clone |
Create a shallow copy of this ClauseElement. |
Method | _cloned_set |
Return the set consisting all cloned ancestors of this ClauseElement. |
Method | _compile_w_cache |
Undocumented |
Method | _compiler |
Return a compiler appropriate for this ClauseElement, given a Dialect. |
Method | _negate |
Undocumented |
Method | _negate_in_binary |
a hook to allow the right side of a binary expression to respond to a negation of the binary expression. |
Method | _replace_params |
Undocumented |
Method | _set_propagate_attrs |
Undocumented |
Method | _ungroup |
Return this _expression.ClauseElement without any groupings. |
Method | _with_binary_element_type |
in the context of binary expression, convert the type of this object to the one given. |
Class Variable | _cache_key_traversal |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_bind_parameter |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_clause_list |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_clone_of |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_from_container |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_immutable |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_lambda_element |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_select_container |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_singleton_constant |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_text_clause |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _is_textual |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _order_by_label_element |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | bind |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | is_clause_element |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | stringify_dialect |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | supports_execution |
Undocumented |
Instance Variable | _propagate_attrs |
like annotations, however these propagate outwards liberally as SQL constructs are built, and are set up at construction time. |
Property | _constructor |
return the 'constructor' for this ClauseElement. |
Inherited from SQLRole
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
):
Class Variable | allows_lambda |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | uses_inspection |
Undocumented |
Inherited from SupportsWrappingAnnotations
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
):
Method | _annotate |
return a copy of this ClauseElement with annotations updated by the given dictionary. |
Method | _deannotate |
return a copy of this _expression.ClauseElement with annotations removed. |
Method | _with_annotations |
return a copy of this ClauseElement with annotations replaced by the given dictionary. |
Inherited from SupportsAnnotations
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
, SupportsWrappingAnnotations
):
Property | _annotations_cache_key |
Undocumented |
Inherited from MemoizedHasCacheKey
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
):
Method | _generate_cache_key |
return a cache key. |
Inherited from HasCacheKey
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
, MemoizedHasCacheKey
):
Class Variable | inherit_cache |
Indicate if this .HasCacheKey instance should make use of the cache key generation scheme used by its immediate superclass. |
Class Method | _generate_cache_attrs |
generate cache key dispatcher for a new class. |
Class Method | _generate_cache_key_for_object |
Undocumented |
Method | _gen_cache_key |
return an optional cache key. |
Class Variable | __slots__ |
Undocumented |
Class Variable | _hierarchy_supports_caching |
private attribute which may be set to False to prevent the inherit_cache warning from being emitted for a hierarchy of subclasses. |
Class Variable | _is_has_cache_key |
Undocumented |
Inherited from HasCopyInternals
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
):
Method | _copy_internals |
Reassign internal elements to be clones of themselves. |
Inherited from Traversible
(via FunctionElement
, FromClause
, Selectable
, ReturnsRows
, ClauseElement
):
Method | get_children |
Return immediate child .visitors.Traversible elements of this .visitors.Traversible . |
Method | __class_getitem__ |
Undocumented |
Inherited from Generative
(via FunctionElement
):
Method | _generate |
Undocumented |
Construct a .Function
.
The .func
construct is normally used to construct
new .Function
instances.