veekun_pokedex/pokedex/db/__init__.py
a_magical_me ffc30bff8f Factor out logic for finding the default db/index. #180
Note: `if not x:` has changed to `if x is not None:`, changing the
semantics slightly.  Shouldn't be a big issue.
2010-05-13 21:45:51 -07:00

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from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table, create_engine, orm
from ..defaults import get_default_db_uri
from .tables import metadata
def connect(uri=None, session_args={}, engine_args={}):
"""Connects to the requested URI. Returns a session object.
With the URI omitted, attempts to connect to a default SQLite database
contained within the package directory.
Calling this function also binds the metadata object to the created engine.
"""
# If we didn't get a uri, fall back to the default
if uri is None:
uri = get_default_db_uri()
### Do some fixery for MySQL
if uri[0:5] == 'mysql':
# MySQL uses latin1 for connections by default even if the server is
# otherwise oozing with utf8; charset fixes this
if 'charset' not in uri:
uri += '?charset=utf8'
# Tables should be InnoDB, in the event that we're creating them, and
# use UTF-8 goddammit!
for table in metadata.tables.values():
table.kwargs['mysql_engine'] = 'InnoDB'
table.kwargs['mysql_charset'] = 'utf8'
### Connect
engine = create_engine(uri, **engine_args)
conn = engine.connect()
metadata.bind = engine
all_session_args = dict(autoflush=True, autocommit=False, bind=engine)
all_session_args.update(session_args)
sm = orm.sessionmaker(**all_session_args)
session = orm.scoped_session(sm)
return session