Other SQL Clauses
SQLAlchemy ORM also exposes support for other clauses in SQL, such as ORDER BY, GROUP BY, LIMIT, and OFFSET. All of these are supported by this connector:
ORDER BY
The below example sorts by a specified column using the session object's query() method.
rs = session.query(GoalHeadings).order_by(GoalHeadings.AnnualRevenue) for instance in rs: print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("---------")
Alternatively, you can perform an ORDER BY using the session object's execute() method.
rs = session.execute(GoalHeadings_table.select().order_by(GoalHeadings_table.c.AnnualRevenue)) for instance in rs:
GROUP BY
The below example groups records with a specified column using the session object's query() method.
rs = session.query(func.count(GoalHeadings.GoalHeadingId).label("CustomCount"), GoalHeadings.GoalHeadingId).group_by(GoalHeadings.GoalHeadingId) for instance in rs: print("Count: ", instance.CustomCount) print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("---------")
Alternatively, you can perform a GROUP BY using the session object's execute() method.
rs = session.execute(GoalHeadings_table.select().with_only_columns([func.count(GoalHeadings_table.c.GoalHeadingId).label("CustomCount"), GoalHeadings_table.c.GoalHeadingId]).group_by(GoalHeadings_table.c.GoalHeadingId)) for instance in rs:
LIMIT and OFFSET
The below example skips the first 100 records and fetches the following 25 using the session object's query() method.
rs = session.query(GoalHeadings).limit(25).offset(100) for instance in rs: print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("GoalHeadingId: ", instance.GoalHeadingId) print("---------")
Alternatively, you can set a LIMIT or OFFSET using the session object's execute() method.
rs = session.execute(GoalHeadings_table.select().limit(25).offset(100)) for instance in rs: