text: # sql/schema.py
  # Copyright (C) 2005-2021 the SQLAlchemy authors and contributors
  # <see AUTHORS file>
  #
  # This module is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under
  # the MIT License: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  
  """The schema module provides the building blocks for database metadata.
  
  Each element within this module describes a database entity which can be
  created and dropped, or is otherwise part of such an entity.  Examples include
  tables, columns, sequences, and indexes.
  
  All entities are subclasses of :class:`~sqlalchemy.schema.SchemaItem`, and as
  defined in this module they are intended to be agnostic of any vendor-specific
  constructs.
  
  A collection of entities are grouped into a unit called
  :class:`~sqlalchemy.schema.MetaData`. MetaData serves as a logical grouping of
  schema elements, and can also be associated with an actual database connection
  such that operations involving the contained elements can contact the database
  as needed.
  
  Two of the elements here also build upon their "syntactic" counterparts, which
  are defined in :class:`~sqlalchemy.sql.expression.`, specifically
  :class:`~sqlalchemy.schema.Table` and :class:`~sqlalchemy.schema.Column`.
  Since these objects are part of the SQL expression language, they are usable
  as components in SQL expressions.
  
  """
  from __future__ import absolute_import
  
  import collections
  
  import sqlalchemy
  from . import coercions
  from . import ddl
  from . import roles
  from . import type_api
  from . import visitors
  from .base import _bind_or_error
  from .base import DedupeColumnCollection
  from .base import DialectKWArgs
  from .base import Executable
  from .base import SchemaEventTarget
  from .coercions import _document_text_coercion
  from .elements import ClauseElement
  from .elements import ColumnClause
  from .elements import ColumnElement
  from .elements import quoted_name
  from .elements import TextClause
  from .selectable import TableClause
  from .type_api import to_instance
  from .visitors import InternalTraversal
  from .. import event
  from .. import exc
  from .. import inspection
  from .. import util
  
  
  RETAIN_SCHEMA = util.symbol("retain_schema")
  
  BLANK_SCHEMA = util.symbol(
      "blank_schema",
      """Symbol indicating that a :class:`_schema.Table` or :class:`.Sequence`
      should have 'None' for its schema, even if the parent
      :class:`_schema.MetaData` has specified a schema.
  
      .. versionadded:: 1.0.14
  
      """,
  )
  
  NULL_UNSPECIFIED = util.symbol(
      "NULL_UNSPECIFIED",
      """Symbol indicating the "nullable" keyword was not passed to a Column.
  
      Normally we would expect None to be acceptable for this but some backends
      such as that of SQL Server place special signficance on a "nullability"
      value of None.
  
      """,
  )
  
  
  def _get_table_key(name, schema):
      if schema is None:
          return name
      else:
          return schema + "." + name
  
  
  # this should really be in sql/util.py but we'd have to
  # break an import cycle
  def _copy_expression(expression, source_table, target_table):
      if source_table is None or target_table is None:
          return expression
  
      def replace(col):
          if (
              isinstance(col, Column)
              and col.table is source_table
              and col.key in source_table.c
          ):
              return target_table.c[col.key]
          else:
              return None
  
      return visitors.replacement_traverse(expression, {}, replace)
  
  
  @inspection._self_inspects
  class SchemaItem(SchemaEventTarget, visitors.Visitable):
      """Base class for items that define a database schema."""
  
      __visit_name__ = "schema_item"
  
      create_drop_stringify_dialect = "default"
  
      def _init_items(self, *args, **kw):
          """Initialize the list of child items for this SchemaItem."""
          for item in args:
              if item is not None:
                  try:
                      spwd = item._set_parent_with_dispatch
                  except AttributeError as err:
                      util.raise_(
                          exc.ArgumentError(
                              "'SchemaItem' object, such as a 'Column' or a "
                              "'Constraint' expected, got %r" % item
                          ),
                          replace_context=err,
                      )
                  else:
                      spwd(self, **kw)
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return util.generic_repr(self, omit_kwarg=["info"])
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def info(self):
          """Info dictionary associated with the object, allowing user-defined
          data to be associated with this :class:`.SchemaItem`.
  
          The dictionary is automatically generated when first accessed.
          It can also be specified in the constructor of some objects,
          such as :class:`_schema.Table` and :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
          """
          return {}
  
      def _schema_item_copy(self, schema_item):
          if "info" in self.__dict__:
              schema_item.info = self.info.copy()
          schema_item.dispatch._update(self.dispatch)
          return schema_item
  
      _use_schema_map = True
  
  
  class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
      r"""Represent a table in a database.
  
      e.g.::
  
          mytable = Table("mytable", metadata,
                          Column('mytable_id', Integer, primary_key=True),
                          Column('value', String(50))
                     )
  
      The :class:`_schema.Table`
      object constructs a unique instance of itself based
      on its name and optional schema name within the given
      :class:`_schema.MetaData` object. Calling the :class:`_schema.Table`
      constructor with the same name and same :class:`_schema.MetaData` argument
      a second time will return the *same* :class:`_schema.Table`
      object - in this way
      the :class:`_schema.Table` constructor acts as a registry function.
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`metadata_describing` - Introduction to database metadata
  
      Constructor arguments are as follows:
  
      :param name: The name of this table as represented in the database.
  
          The table name, along with the value of the ``schema`` parameter,
          forms a key which uniquely identifies this :class:`_schema.Table`
          within
          the owning :class:`_schema.MetaData` collection.
          Additional calls to :class:`_schema.Table` with the same name,
          metadata,
          and schema name will return the same :class:`_schema.Table` object.
  
          Names which contain no upper case characters
          will be treated as case insensitive names, and will not be quoted
          unless they are a reserved word or contain special characters.
          A name with any number of upper case characters is considered
          to be case sensitive, and will be sent as quoted.
  
          To enable unconditional quoting for the table name, specify the flag
          ``quote=True`` to the constructor, or use the :class:`.quoted_name`
          construct to specify the name.
  
      :param metadata: a :class:`_schema.MetaData`
          object which will contain this
          table.  The metadata is used as a point of association of this table
          with other tables which are referenced via foreign key.  It also
          may be used to associate this table with a particular
          :class:`.Connectable`.
  
      :param \*args: Additional positional arguments are used primarily
          to add the list of :class:`_schema.Column`
          objects contained within this
          table. Similar to the style of a CREATE TABLE statement, other
          :class:`.SchemaItem` constructs may be added here, including
          :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint`, and
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
      :param autoload: Defaults to ``False``, unless
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload_with`
          is set in which case it defaults to ``True``;
          :class:`_schema.Column` objects
          for this table should be reflected from the database, possibly
          augmenting objects that were explicitly specified.
          :class:`_schema.Column` and other objects explicitly set on the
          table will replace corresponding reflected objects.
  
          .. deprecated:: 1.4
  
              The autoload parameter is deprecated and will be removed in
              version 2.0.  Please use the
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload_with` parameter, passing an
              engine or connection.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :ref:`metadata_reflection_toplevel`
  
      :param autoload_replace: Defaults to ``True``; when using
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload`
          in conjunction with :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing`,
          indicates
          that :class:`_schema.Column` objects present in the already-existing
          :class:`_schema.Table`
          object should be replaced with columns of the same
          name retrieved from the autoload process.   When ``False``, columns
          already present under existing names will be omitted from the
          reflection process.
  
          Note that this setting does not impact :class:`_schema.Column` objects
          specified programmatically within the call to :class:`_schema.Table`
          that
          also is autoloading; those :class:`_schema.Column` objects will always
          replace existing columns of the same name when
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing` is ``True``.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload`
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing`
  
      :param autoload_with: An :class:`_engine.Engine` or
          :class:`_engine.Connection` object,
          or a :class:`_reflection.Inspector` object as returned by
          :func:`_sa.inspect`
          against one, with which this :class:`_schema.Table`
          object will be reflected.
          When set to a non-None value, the autoload process will take place
          for this table against the given engine or connection.
  
      :param extend_existing: When ``True``, indicates that if this
          :class:`_schema.Table` is already present in the given
          :class:`_schema.MetaData`,
          apply further arguments within the constructor to the existing
          :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          If :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing` or
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.keep_existing` are not set,
          and the given name
          of the new :class:`_schema.Table` refers to a :class:`_schema.Table`
          that is
          already present in the target :class:`_schema.MetaData` collection,
          and
          this :class:`_schema.Table`
          specifies additional columns or other constructs
          or flags that modify the table's state, an
          error is raised.  The purpose of these two mutually-exclusive flags
          is to specify what action should be taken when a
          :class:`_schema.Table`
          is specified that matches an existing :class:`_schema.Table`,
          yet specifies
          additional constructs.
  
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing`
          will also work in conjunction
          with :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload` to run a new reflection
          operation against the database, even if a :class:`_schema.Table`
          of the same name is already present in the target
          :class:`_schema.MetaData`; newly reflected :class:`_schema.Column`
          objects
          and other options will be added into the state of the
          :class:`_schema.Table`, potentially overwriting existing columns
          and options of the same name.
  
          As is always the case with :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload`,
          :class:`_schema.Column` objects can be specified in the same
          :class:`_schema.Table`
          constructor, which will take precedence.  Below, the existing
          table ``mytable`` will be augmented with :class:`_schema.Column`
          objects
          both reflected from the database, as well as the given
          :class:`_schema.Column`
          named "y"::
  
              Table("mytable", metadata,
                          Column('y', Integer),
                          extend_existing=True,
                          autoload_with=engine
                      )
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload`
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload_replace`
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.keep_existing`
  
  
      :param implicit_returning: True by default - indicates that
          RETURNING can be used by default to fetch newly inserted primary key
          values, for backends which support this.  Note that
          :func:`_sa.create_engine` also provides an ``implicit_returning``
          flag.
  
      :param include_columns: A list of strings indicating a subset of
          columns to be loaded via the ``autoload`` operation; table columns who
          aren't present in this list will not be represented on the resulting
          ``Table`` object. Defaults to ``None`` which indicates all columns
          should be reflected.
  
      :param resolve_fks: Whether or not to reflect :class:`_schema.Table`
          objects
          related to this one via :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` objects, when
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload` or
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload_with` is
          specified.   Defaults to True.  Set to False to disable reflection of
          related tables as :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`
          objects are encountered; may be
          used either to save on SQL calls or to avoid issues with related tables
          that can't be accessed. Note that if a related table is already present
          in the :class:`_schema.MetaData` collection, or becomes present later,
          a
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` object associated with this
          :class:`_schema.Table` will
          resolve to that table normally.
  
          .. versionadded:: 1.3
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :paramref:`.MetaData.reflect.resolve_fks`
  
  
      :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
          :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
      :param keep_existing: When ``True``, indicates that if this Table
          is already present in the given :class:`_schema.MetaData`, ignore
          further arguments within the constructor to the existing
          :class:`_schema.Table`, and return the :class:`_schema.Table`
          object as
          originally created. This is to allow a function that wishes
          to define a new :class:`_schema.Table` on first call, but on
          subsequent calls will return the same :class:`_schema.Table`,
          without any of the declarations (particularly constraints)
          being applied a second time.
  
          If :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing` or
          :paramref:`_schema.Table.keep_existing` are not set,
          and the given name
          of the new :class:`_schema.Table` refers to a :class:`_schema.Table`
          that is
          already present in the target :class:`_schema.MetaData` collection,
          and
          this :class:`_schema.Table`
          specifies additional columns or other constructs
          or flags that modify the table's state, an
          error is raised.  The purpose of these two mutually-exclusive flags
          is to specify what action should be taken when a
          :class:`_schema.Table`
          is specified that matches an existing :class:`_schema.Table`,
          yet specifies
          additional constructs.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing`
  
      :param listeners: A list of tuples of the form ``(<eventname>, <fn>)``
          which will be passed to :func:`.event.listen` upon construction.
          This alternate hook to :func:`.event.listen` allows the establishment
          of a listener function specific to this :class:`_schema.Table` before
          the "autoload" process begins.  Historically this has been intended
          for use with the :meth:`.DDLEvents.column_reflect` event, however
          note that this event hook may now be associated with the
          :class:`_schema.MetaData` object directly::
  
              def listen_for_reflect(table, column_info):
                  "handle the column reflection event"
                  # ...
  
              t = Table(
                  'sometable',
                  autoload_with=engine,
                  listeners=[
                      ('column_reflect', listen_for_reflect)
                  ])
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_events.DDLEvents.column_reflect`
  
      :param must_exist: When ``True``, indicates that this Table must already
          be present in the given :class:`_schema.MetaData` collection, else
          an exception is raised.
  
      :param prefixes:
          A list of strings to insert after CREATE in the CREATE TABLE
          statement.  They will be separated by spaces.
  
      :param quote: Force quoting of this table's name on or off, corresponding
          to ``True`` or ``False``.  When left at its default of ``None``,
          the column identifier will be quoted according to whether the name is
          case sensitive (identifiers with at least one upper case character are
          treated as case sensitive), or if it's a reserved word.  This flag
          is only needed to force quoting of a reserved word which is not known
          by the SQLAlchemy dialect.
  
          .. note:: setting this flag to ``False`` will not provide
             case-insensitive behavior for table reflection; table reflection
             will always search for a mixed-case name in a case sensitive
             fashion.  Case insensitive names are specified in SQLAlchemy only
             by stating the name with all lower case characters.
  
      :param quote_schema: same as 'quote' but applies to the schema identifier.
  
      :param schema: The schema name for this table, which is required if
          the table resides in a schema other than the default selected schema
          for the engine's database connection.  Defaults to ``None``.
  
          If the owning :class:`_schema.MetaData` of this :class:`_schema.Table`
          specifies its
          own :paramref:`_schema.MetaData.schema` parameter,
          then that schema name will
          be applied to this :class:`_schema.Table`
          if the schema parameter here is set
          to ``None``.  To set a blank schema name on a :class:`_schema.Table`
          that
          would otherwise use the schema set on the owning
          :class:`_schema.MetaData`,
          specify the special symbol :attr:`.BLANK_SCHEMA`.
  
          .. versionadded:: 1.0.14  Added the :attr:`.BLANK_SCHEMA` symbol to
             allow a :class:`_schema.Table`
             to have a blank schema name even when the
             parent :class:`_schema.MetaData` specifies
             :paramref:`_schema.MetaData.schema`.
  
          The quoting rules for the schema name are the same as those for the
          ``name`` parameter, in that quoting is applied for reserved words or
          case-sensitive names; to enable unconditional quoting for the schema
          name, specify the flag ``quote_schema=True`` to the constructor, or use
          the :class:`.quoted_name` construct to specify the name.
  
      :param comment: Optional string that will render an SQL comment on table
           creation.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.2 Added the :paramref:`_schema.Table.comment`
              parameter
              to :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
      :param \**kw: Additional keyword arguments not mentioned above are
          dialect specific, and passed in the form ``<dialectname>_<argname>``.
          See the documentation regarding an individual dialect at
          :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on documented arguments.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "table"
  
      constraints = None
      """A collection of all :class:`_schema.Constraint` objects associated with
        this :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
        Includes :class:`_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint`,
        :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`, :class:`_schema.UniqueConstraint`,
        :class:`_schema.CheckConstraint`.  A separate collection
        :attr:`_schema.Table.foreign_key_constraints` refers to the collection
        of all :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` objects, and the
        :attr:`_schema.Table.primary_key` attribute refers to the single
        :class:`_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint` associated with the
        :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
        .. seealso::
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.constraints`
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.primary_key`
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.foreign_key_constraints`
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`
  
              :class:`_reflection.Inspector`
  
  
      """
  
      indexes = None
      """A collection of all :class:`_schema.Index` objects associated with this
        :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
        .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_indexes`
  
      """
  
      _traverse_internals = TableClause._traverse_internals + [
          ("schema", InternalTraversal.dp_string)
      ]
  
      def _gen_cache_key(self, anon_map, bindparams):
          if self._annotations:
              return (self,) + self._annotations_cache_key
          else:
              return (self,)
  
      @util.deprecated_params(
          mustexist=(
              "1.4",
              "Deprecated alias of :paramref:`_schema.Table.must_exist`",
          ),
          autoload=(
              "2.0",
              "The autoload parameter is deprecated and will be removed in "
              "version 2.0.  Please use the "
              "autoload_with parameter, passing an engine or connection.",
          ),
      )
      def __new__(cls, *args, **kw):
          if not args and not kw:
              # python3k pickle seems to call this
              return object.__new__(cls)
  
          try:
              name, metadata, args = args[0], args[1], args[2:]
          except IndexError:
              raise TypeError(
                  "Table() takes at least two positional-only "
                  "arguments 'name' and 'metadata'"
              )
  
          schema = kw.get("schema", None)
          if schema is None:
              schema = metadata.schema
          elif schema is BLANK_SCHEMA:
              schema = None
          keep_existing = kw.get("keep_existing", False)
          extend_existing = kw.get("extend_existing", False)
  
          if keep_existing and extend_existing:
              msg = "keep_existing and extend_existing are mutually exclusive."
              raise exc.ArgumentError(msg)
  
          must_exist = kw.pop("must_exist", kw.pop("mustexist", False))
          key = _get_table_key(name, schema)
          if key in metadata.tables:
              if not keep_existing and not extend_existing and bool(args):
                  raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                      "Table '%s' is already defined for this MetaData "
                      "instance.  Specify 'extend_existing=True' "
                      "to redefine "
                      "options and columns on an "
                      "existing Table object." % key
                  )
              table = metadata.tables[key]
              if extend_existing:
                  table._init_existing(*args, **kw)
              return table
          else:
              if must_exist:
                  raise exc.InvalidRequestError("Table '%s' not defined" % (key))
              table = object.__new__(cls)
              table.dispatch.before_parent_attach(table, metadata)
              metadata._add_table(name, schema, table)
              try:
                  table._init(name, metadata, *args, **kw)
                  table.dispatch.after_parent_attach(table, metadata)
                  return table
              except Exception:
                  with util.safe_reraise():
                      metadata._remove_table(name, schema)
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
          """Constructor for :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          This method is a no-op.   See the top-level
          documentation for :class:`_schema.Table`
          for constructor arguments.
  
          """
          # __init__ is overridden to prevent __new__ from
          # calling the superclass constructor.
  
      def _init(self, name, metadata, *args, **kwargs):
          super(Table, self).__init__(
              quoted_name(name, kwargs.pop("quote", None))
          )
          self.metadata = metadata
  
          self.schema = kwargs.pop("schema", None)
          if self.schema is None:
              self.schema = metadata.schema
          elif self.schema is BLANK_SCHEMA:
              self.schema = None
          else:
              quote_schema = kwargs.pop("quote_schema", None)
              self.schema = quoted_name(self.schema, quote_schema)
  
          self.indexes = set()
          self.constraints = set()
          PrimaryKeyConstraint(
              _implicit_generated=True
          )._set_parent_with_dispatch(self)
          self.foreign_keys = set()
          self._extra_dependencies = set()
          if self.schema is not None:
              self.fullname = "%s.%s" % (self.schema, self.name)
          else:
              self.fullname = self.name
  
          autoload_with = kwargs.pop("autoload_with", None)
          autoload = kwargs.pop("autoload", autoload_with is not None)
          # this argument is only used with _init_existing()
          kwargs.pop("autoload_replace", True)
          keep_existing = kwargs.pop("keep_existing", False)
          extend_existing = kwargs.pop("extend_existing", False)
          _extend_on = kwargs.pop("_extend_on", None)
  
          resolve_fks = kwargs.pop("resolve_fks", True)
          include_columns = kwargs.pop("include_columns", None)
  
          self.implicit_returning = kwargs.pop("implicit_returning", True)
  
          self.comment = kwargs.pop("comment", None)
  
          if "info" in kwargs:
              self.info = kwargs.pop("info")
          if "listeners" in kwargs:
              listeners = kwargs.pop("listeners")
              for evt, fn in listeners:
                  event.listen(self, evt, fn)
  
          self._prefixes = kwargs.pop("prefixes", None) or []
  
          self._extra_kwargs(**kwargs)
  
          # load column definitions from the database if 'autoload' is defined
          # we do it after the table is in the singleton dictionary to support
          # circular foreign keys
          if autoload:
              self._autoload(
                  metadata,
                  autoload_with,
                  include_columns,
                  _extend_on=_extend_on,
                  resolve_fks=resolve_fks,
              )
  
          # initialize all the column, etc. objects.  done after reflection to
          # allow user-overrides
  
          self._init_items(
              *args,
              allow_replacements=extend_existing or keep_existing or autoload
          )
  
      def _autoload(
          self,
          metadata,
          autoload_with,
          include_columns,
          exclude_columns=(),
          resolve_fks=True,
          _extend_on=None,
      ):
          if autoload_with is None:
              autoload_with = _bind_or_error(
                  metadata,
                  msg="No engine is bound to this Table's MetaData. "
                  "Pass an engine to the Table via "
                  "autoload_with=<someengine_or_connection>",
              )
  
          insp = inspection.inspect(autoload_with)
          with insp._inspection_context() as conn_insp:
              conn_insp.reflect_table(
                  self,
                  include_columns,
                  exclude_columns,
                  resolve_fks,
                  _extend_on=_extend_on,
              )
  
      @property
      def _sorted_constraints(self):
          """Return the set of constraints as a list, sorted by creation
          order.
  
          """
          return sorted(self.constraints, key=lambda c: c._creation_order)
  
      @property
      def foreign_key_constraints(self):
          """:class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` objects referred to by this
          :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          This list is produced from the collection of
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`
          objects currently associated.
  
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.constraints`
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.foreign_keys`
  
              :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`
  
          """
          return set(fkc.constraint for fkc in self.foreign_keys)
  
      def _init_existing(self, *args, **kwargs):
          autoload_with = kwargs.pop("autoload_with", None)
          autoload = kwargs.pop("autoload", autoload_with is not None)
          autoload_replace = kwargs.pop("autoload_replace", True)
          schema = kwargs.pop("schema", None)
          _extend_on = kwargs.pop("_extend_on", None)
          # these arguments are only used with _init()
          kwargs.pop("extend_existing", False)
          kwargs.pop("keep_existing", False)
  
          if schema and schema != self.schema:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Can't change schema of existing table from '%s' to '%s'",
                  (self.schema, schema),
              )
  
          include_columns = kwargs.pop("include_columns", None)
          if include_columns is not None:
              for c in self.c:
                  if c.name not in include_columns:
                      self._columns.remove(c)
  
          resolve_fks = kwargs.pop("resolve_fks", True)
  
          for key in ("quote", "quote_schema"):
              if key in kwargs:
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "Can't redefine 'quote' or 'quote_schema' arguments"
                  )
  
          # update `self` with these kwargs, if provided
          self.comment = kwargs.pop("comment", self.comment)
          self.implicit_returning = kwargs.pop(
              "implicit_returning", self.implicit_returning
          )
          self.info = kwargs.pop("info", self.info)
  
          if autoload:
              if not autoload_replace:
                  # don't replace columns already present.
                  # we'd like to do this for constraints also however we don't
                  # have simple de-duping for unnamed constraints.
                  exclude_columns = [c.name for c in self.c]
              else:
                  exclude_columns = ()
              self._autoload(
                  self.metadata,
                  autoload_with,
                  include_columns,
                  exclude_columns,
                  resolve_fks,
                  _extend_on=_extend_on,
              )
  
          self._extra_kwargs(**kwargs)
          self._init_items(*args)
  
      def _extra_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
          self._validate_dialect_kwargs(kwargs)
  
      def _init_collections(self):
          pass
  
      def _reset_exported(self):
          pass
  
      @property
      def _autoincrement_column(self):
          return self.primary_key._autoincrement_column
  
      @property
      def key(self):
          """Return the 'key' for this :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          This value is used as the dictionary key within the
          :attr:`_schema.MetaData.tables` collection.   It is typically the same
          as that of :attr:`_schema.Table.name` for a table with no
          :attr:`_schema.Table.schema`
          set; otherwise it is typically of the form
          ``schemaname.tablename``.
  
          """
          return _get_table_key(self.name, self.schema)
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return "Table(%s)" % ", ".join(
              [repr(self.name)]
              + [repr(self.metadata)]
              + [repr(x) for x in self.columns]
              + ["%s=%s" % (k, repr(getattr(self, k))) for k in ["schema"]]
          )
  
      def __str__(self):
          return _get_table_key(self.description, self.schema)
  
      @property
      def bind(self):
          """Return the connectable associated with this Table."""
  
          return self.metadata and self.metadata.bind or None
  
      def add_is_dependent_on(self, table):
          """Add a 'dependency' for this Table.
  
          This is another Table object which must be created
          first before this one can, or dropped after this one.
  
          Usually, dependencies between tables are determined via
          ForeignKey objects.   However, for other situations that
          create dependencies outside of foreign keys (rules, inheriting),
          this method can manually establish such a link.
  
          """
          self._extra_dependencies.add(table)
  
      def append_column(self, column, replace_existing=False):
          """Append a :class:`_schema.Column` to this :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          The "key" of the newly added :class:`_schema.Column`, i.e. the
          value of its ``.key`` attribute, will then be available
          in the ``.c`` collection of this :class:`_schema.Table`, and the
          column definition will be included in any CREATE TABLE, SELECT,
          UPDATE, etc. statements generated from this :class:`_schema.Table`
          construct.
  
          Note that this does **not** change the definition of the table
          as it exists within any underlying database, assuming that
          table has already been created in the database.   Relational
          databases support the addition of columns to existing tables
          using the SQL ALTER command, which would need to be
          emitted for an already-existing table that doesn't contain
          the newly added column.
  
          :param replace_existing: When ``True``, allows replacing existing
              columns. When ``False``, the default, an warning will be raised
              if a column with the same ``.key`` already exists. A future
              version of sqlalchemy will instead rise a warning.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
          """
  
          column._set_parent_with_dispatch(
              self, allow_replacements=replace_existing
          )
  
      def append_constraint(self, constraint):
          """Append a :class:`_schema.Constraint` to this
          :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          This has the effect of the constraint being included in any
          future CREATE TABLE statement, assuming specific DDL creation
          events have not been associated with the given
          :class:`_schema.Constraint` object.
  
          Note that this does **not** produce the constraint within the
          relational database automatically, for a table that already exists
          in the database.   To add a constraint to an
          existing relational database table, the SQL ALTER command must
          be used.  SQLAlchemy also provides the
          :class:`.AddConstraint` construct which can produce this SQL when
          invoked as an executable clause.
  
          """
  
          constraint._set_parent_with_dispatch(self)
  
      def _set_parent(self, metadata, **kw):
          metadata._add_table(self.name, self.schema, self)
          self.metadata = metadata
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.Table.exists` method is deprecated and will be "
          "removed in a future release.  Please refer to "
          ":meth:`_reflection.Inspector.has_table`.",
      )
      def exists(self, bind=None):
          """Return True if this table exists."""
  
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
  
          insp = inspection.inspect(bind)
          return insp.has_table(self.name, schema=self.schema)
  
      def create(self, bind=None, checkfirst=False):
          """Issue a ``CREATE`` statement for this
          :class:`_schema.Table`, using the given :class:`.Connectable`
          for connectivity.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_schema.MetaData.create_all`.
  
          """
  
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaGenerator, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
  
      def drop(self, bind=None, checkfirst=False):
          """Issue a ``DROP`` statement for this
          :class:`_schema.Table`, using the given :class:`.Connectable`
          for connectivity.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_schema.MetaData.drop_all`.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaDropper, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          ":meth:`_schema.Table.tometadata` is renamed to "
          ":meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata`",
      )
      def tometadata(
          self,
          metadata,
          schema=RETAIN_SCHEMA,
          referred_schema_fn=None,
          name=None,
      ):
          """Return a copy of this :class:`_schema.Table`
          associated with a different
          :class:`_schema.MetaData`.
  
          See :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata` for a full description.
  
          """
          return self.to_metadata(
              metadata,
              schema=schema,
              referred_schema_fn=referred_schema_fn,
              name=name,
          )
  
      def to_metadata(
          self,
          metadata,
          schema=RETAIN_SCHEMA,
          referred_schema_fn=None,
          name=None,
      ):
          """Return a copy of this :class:`_schema.Table` associated with a
          different :class:`_schema.MetaData`.
  
          E.g.::
  
              m1 = MetaData()
  
              user = Table('user', m1, Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True))
  
              m2 = MetaData()
              user_copy = user.to_metadata(m2)
  
          .. versionchanged:: 1.4  The :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata` function
             was renamed from :meth:`_schema.Table.tometadata`.
  
  
          :param metadata: Target :class:`_schema.MetaData` object,
           into which the
           new :class:`_schema.Table` object will be created.
  
          :param schema: optional string name indicating the target schema.
           Defaults to the special symbol :attr:`.RETAIN_SCHEMA` which indicates
           that no change to the schema name should be made in the new
           :class:`_schema.Table`.  If set to a string name, the new
           :class:`_schema.Table`
           will have this new name as the ``.schema``.  If set to ``None``, the
           schema will be set to that of the schema set on the target
           :class:`_schema.MetaData`, which is typically ``None`` as well,
           unless
           set explicitly::
  
              m2 = MetaData(schema='newschema')
  
              # user_copy_one will have "newschema" as the schema name
              user_copy_one = user.to_metadata(m2, schema=None)
  
              m3 = MetaData()  # schema defaults to None
  
              # user_copy_two will have None as the schema name
              user_copy_two = user.to_metadata(m3, schema=None)
  
          :param referred_schema_fn: optional callable which can be supplied
           in order to provide for the schema name that should be assigned
           to the referenced table of a :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
           The callable accepts this parent :class:`_schema.Table`, the
           target schema that we are changing to, the
           :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` object, and the existing
           "target schema" of that constraint.  The function should return the
           string schema name that should be applied.
           E.g.::
  
                  def referred_schema_fn(table, to_schema,
                                                  constraint, referred_schema):
                      if referred_schema == 'base_tables':
                          return referred_schema
                      else:
                          return to_schema
  
                  new_table = table.to_metadata(m2, schema="alt_schema",
                                          referred_schema_fn=referred_schema_fn)
  
           .. versionadded:: 0.9.2
  
          :param name: optional string name indicating the target table name.
           If not specified or None, the table name is retained.  This allows
           a :class:`_schema.Table` to be copied to the same
           :class:`_schema.MetaData` target
           with a new name.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          """
          if name is None:
              name = self.name
          if schema is RETAIN_SCHEMA:
              schema = self.schema
          elif schema is None:
              schema = metadata.schema
          key = _get_table_key(name, schema)
          if key in metadata.tables:
              util.warn(
                  "Table '%s' already exists within the given "
                  "MetaData - not copying." % self.description
              )
              return metadata.tables[key]
  
          args = []
          for c in self.columns:
              args.append(c._copy(schema=schema))
          table = Table(
              name,
              metadata,
              schema=schema,
              comment=self.comment,
              *args,
              **self.kwargs
          )
          for c in self.constraints:
              if isinstance(c, ForeignKeyConstraint):
                  referred_schema = c._referred_schema
                  if referred_schema_fn:
                      fk_constraint_schema = referred_schema_fn(
                          self, schema, c, referred_schema
                      )
                  else:
                      fk_constraint_schema = (
                          schema if referred_schema == self.schema else None
                      )
                  table.append_constraint(
                      c._copy(schema=fk_constraint_schema, target_table=table)
                  )
              elif not c._type_bound:
                  # skip unique constraints that would be generated
                  # by the 'unique' flag on Column
                  if c._column_flag:
                      continue
  
                  table.append_constraint(
                      c._copy(schema=schema, target_table=table)
                  )
          for index in self.indexes:
              # skip indexes that would be generated
              # by the 'index' flag on Column
              if index._column_flag:
                  continue
              Index(
                  index.name,
                  unique=index.unique,
                  *[
                      _copy_expression(expr, self, table)
                      for expr in index.expressions
                  ],
                  _table=table,
                  **index.kwargs
              )
          return self._schema_item_copy(table)
  
  
  class Column(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, ColumnClause):
      """Represents a column in a database table."""
  
      __visit_name__ = "column"
  
      inherit_cache = True
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
          r"""
          Construct a new ``Column`` object.
  
          :param name: The name of this column as represented in the database.
            This argument may be the first positional argument, or specified
            via keyword.
  
            Names which contain no upper case characters
            will be treated as case insensitive names, and will not be quoted
            unless they are a reserved word.  Names with any number of upper
            case characters will be quoted and sent exactly.  Note that this
            behavior applies even for databases which standardize upper
            case names as case insensitive such as Oracle.
  
            The name field may be omitted at construction time and applied
            later, at any time before the Column is associated with a
            :class:`_schema.Table`.  This is to support convenient
            usage within the :mod:`~sqlalchemy.ext.declarative` extension.
  
          :param type\_: The column's type, indicated using an instance which
            subclasses :class:`~sqlalchemy.types.TypeEngine`.  If no arguments
            are required for the type, the class of the type can be sent
            as well, e.g.::
  
              # use a type with arguments
              Column('data', String(50))
  
              # use no arguments
              Column('level', Integer)
  
            The ``type`` argument may be the second positional argument
            or specified by keyword.
  
            If the ``type`` is ``None`` or is omitted, it will first default to
            the special type :class:`.NullType`.  If and when this
            :class:`_schema.Column` is made to refer to another column using
            :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` and/or
            :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`, the type
            of the remote-referenced column will be copied to this column as
            well, at the moment that the foreign key is resolved against that
            remote :class:`_schema.Column` object.
  
            .. versionchanged:: 0.9.0
              Support for propagation of type to a :class:`_schema.Column`
              from its
              :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` object has been improved and should be
              more reliable and timely.
  
          :param \*args: Additional positional arguments include various
            :class:`.SchemaItem` derived constructs which will be applied
            as options to the column.  These include instances of
            :class:`.Constraint`, :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`,
            :class:`.ColumnDefault`, :class:`.Sequence`, :class:`.Computed`
            :class:`.Identity`.  In some cases an
            equivalent keyword argument is available such as ``server_default``,
            ``default`` and ``unique``.
  
          :param autoincrement: Set up "auto increment" semantics for an integer
            primary key column.  The default value is the string ``"auto"``
            which indicates that a single-column primary key that is of
            an INTEGER type with no stated client-side or python-side defaults
            should receive auto increment semantics automatically;
            all other varieties of primary key columns will not.  This
            includes that :term:`DDL` such as PostgreSQL SERIAL or MySQL
            AUTO_INCREMENT will be emitted for this column during a table
            create, as well as that the column is assumed to generate new
            integer primary key values when an INSERT statement invokes which
            will be retrieved by the dialect.  When used in conjunction with
            :class:`.Identity` on a dialect that supports it, this parameter
            has no effect.
  
            The flag may be set to ``True`` to indicate that a column which
            is part of a composite (e.g. multi-column) primary key should
            have autoincrement semantics, though note that only one column
            within a primary key may have this setting.    It can also
            be set to ``True`` to indicate autoincrement semantics on a
            column that has a client-side or server-side default configured,
            however note that not all dialects can accommodate all styles
            of default as an "autoincrement".  It can also be
            set to ``False`` on a single-column primary key that has a
            datatype of INTEGER in order to disable auto increment semantics
            for that column.
  
            .. versionchanged:: 1.1 The autoincrement flag now defaults to
               ``"auto"`` which indicates autoincrement semantics by default
               for single-column integer primary keys only; for composite
               (multi-column) primary keys, autoincrement is never implicitly
               enabled; as always, ``autoincrement=True`` will allow for
               at most one of those columns to be an "autoincrement" column.
               ``autoincrement=True`` may also be set on a
               :class:`_schema.Column`
               that has an explicit client-side or server-side default,
               subject to limitations of the backend database and dialect.
  
  
            The setting *only* has an effect for columns which are:
  
            * Integer derived (i.e. INT, SMALLINT, BIGINT).
  
            * Part of the primary key
  
            * Not referring to another column via :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`,
              unless
              the value is specified as ``'ignore_fk'``::
  
                  # turn on autoincrement for this column despite
                  # the ForeignKey()
                  Column('id', ForeignKey('other.id'),
                              primary_key=True, autoincrement='ignore_fk')
  
              It is typically not desirable to have "autoincrement" enabled on a
              column that refers to another via foreign key, as such a column is
              required to refer to a value that originates from elsewhere.
  
            The setting has these two effects on columns that meet the
            above criteria:
  
            * DDL issued for the column will include database-specific
              keywords intended to signify this column as an
              "autoincrement" column, such as AUTO INCREMENT on MySQL,
              SERIAL on PostgreSQL, and IDENTITY on MS-SQL.  It does
              *not* issue AUTOINCREMENT for SQLite since this is a
              special SQLite flag that is not required for autoincrementing
              behavior.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`sqlite_autoincrement`
  
            * The column will be considered to be available using an
              "autoincrement" method specific to the backend database, such
              as calling upon ``cursor.lastrowid``, using RETURNING in an
              INSERT statement to get at a sequence-generated value, or using
              special functions such as "SELECT scope_identity()".
              These methods are highly specific to the DBAPIs and databases in
              use and vary greatly, so care should be taken when associating
              ``autoincrement=True`` with a custom default generation function.
  
  
          :param default: A scalar, Python callable, or
              :class:`_expression.ColumnElement` expression representing the
              *default value* for this column, which will be invoked upon insert
              if this column is otherwise not specified in the VALUES clause of
              the insert. This is a shortcut to using :class:`.ColumnDefault` as
              a positional argument; see that class for full detail on the
              structure of the argument.
  
              Contrast this argument to
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.server_default`
              which creates a default generator on the database side.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`metadata_defaults_toplevel`
  
          :param doc: optional String that can be used by the ORM or similar
              to document attributes on the Python side.   This attribute does
              **not** render SQL comments; use the
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.comment`
              parameter for this purpose.
  
          :param key: An optional string identifier which will identify this
              ``Column`` object on the :class:`_schema.Table`.
              When a key is provided,
              this is the only identifier referencing the ``Column`` within the
              application, including ORM attribute mapping; the ``name`` field
              is used only when rendering SQL.
  
          :param index: When ``True``, indicates that a :class:`_schema.Index`
              construct will be automatically generated for this
              :class:`_schema.Column`, which will result in a "CREATE INDEX"
              statement being emitted for the :class:`_schema.Table` when the DDL
              create operation is invoked.
  
              Using this flag is equivalent to making use of the
              :class:`_schema.Index` construct explicitly at the level of the
              :class:`_schema.Table` construct itself::
  
                  Table(
                      "some_table",
                      metadata,
                      Column("x", Integer),
                      Index("ix_some_table_x", "x")
                  )
  
              To add the :paramref:`_schema.Index.unique` flag to the
              :class:`_schema.Index`, set both the
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.unique` and
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.index` flags to True simultaneously,
              which will have the effect of rendering the "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX"
              DDL instruction instead of "CREATE INDEX".
  
              The name of the index is generated using the
              :ref:`default naming convention <constraint_default_naming_convention>`
              which for the :class:`_schema.Index` construct is of the form
              ``ix_<tablename>_<columnname>``.
  
              As this flag is intended only as a convenience for the common case
              of adding a single-column, default configured index to a table
              definition, explicit use of the :class:`_schema.Index` construct
              should be preferred for most use cases, including composite indexes
              that encompass more than one column, indexes with SQL expressions
              or ordering, backend-specific index configuration options, and
              indexes that use a specific name.
  
              .. note:: the :attr:`_schema.Column.index` attribute on
                 :class:`_schema.Column`
                 **does not indicate** if this column is indexed or not, only
                 if this flag was explicitly set here.  To view indexes on
                 a column, view the :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes` collection
                 or use :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_indexes`.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`schema_indexes`
  
                  :ref:`constraint_naming_conventions`
  
                  :paramref:`_schema.Column.unique`
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
          :param nullable: When set to ``False``, will cause the "NOT NULL"
              phrase to be added when generating DDL for the column.   When
              ``True``, will normally generate nothing (in SQL this defaults to
              "NULL"), except in some very specific backend-specific edge cases
              where "NULL" may render explicitly.
              Defaults to ``True`` unless :paramref:`_schema.Column.primary_key`
              is also ``True`` or the column specifies a :class:`_sql.Identity`,
              in which case it defaults to ``False``.
              This parameter is only used when issuing CREATE TABLE statements.
  
              .. note::
  
                  When the column specifies a :class:`_sql.Identity` this
                  parameter is in general ignored by the DDL compiler. The
                  PostgreSQL database allows nullable identity column by
                  setting this parameter to ``True`` explicitly.
  
          :param onupdate: A scalar, Python callable, or
              :class:`~sqlalchemy.sql.expression.ClauseElement` representing a
              default value to be applied to the column within UPDATE
              statements, which will be invoked upon update if this column is not
              present in the SET clause of the update. This is a shortcut to
              using :class:`.ColumnDefault` as a positional argument with
              ``for_update=True``.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`metadata_defaults` - complete discussion of onupdate
  
          :param primary_key: If ``True``, marks this column as a primary key
              column. Multiple columns can have this flag set to specify
              composite primary keys. As an alternative, the primary key of a
              :class:`_schema.Table` can be specified via an explicit
              :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` object.
  
          :param server_default: A :class:`.FetchedValue` instance, str, Unicode
              or :func:`~sqlalchemy.sql.expression.text` construct representing
              the DDL DEFAULT value for the column.
  
              String types will be emitted as-is, surrounded by single quotes::
  
                  Column('x', Text, server_default="val")
  
                  x TEXT DEFAULT 'val'
  
              A :func:`~sqlalchemy.sql.expression.text` expression will be
              rendered as-is, without quotes::
  
                  Column('y', DateTime, server_default=text('NOW()'))
  
                  y DATETIME DEFAULT NOW()
  
              Strings and text() will be converted into a
              :class:`.DefaultClause` object upon initialization.
  
              This parameter can also accept complex combinations of contextually
              valid SQLAlchemy expressions or constructs::
  
                  from sqlalchemy import create_engine
                  from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, MetaData, ARRAY, Text
                  from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import array
  
                  engine = create_engine(
                      'postgresql://scott:tiger@localhost/mydatabase'
                  )
                  metadata_obj = MetaData()
                  tbl = Table(
                          "foo",
                          metadata_obj,
                          Column("bar",
                                 ARRAY(Text),
                                 server_default=array(["biz", "bang", "bash"])
                                 )
                  )
                  metadata_obj.create_all(engine)
  
              The above results in a table created with the following SQL::
  
                  CREATE TABLE foo (
                      bar TEXT[] DEFAULT ARRAY['biz', 'bang', 'bash']
                  )
  
              Use :class:`.FetchedValue` to indicate that an already-existing
              column will generate a default value on the database side which
              will be available to SQLAlchemy for post-fetch after inserts. This
              construct does not specify any DDL and the implementation is left
              to the database, such as via a trigger.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`server_defaults` - complete discussion of server side
                  defaults
  
          :param server_onupdate: A :class:`.FetchedValue` instance
              representing a database-side default generation function,
              such as a trigger. This
              indicates to SQLAlchemy that a newly generated value will be
              available after updates. This construct does not actually
              implement any kind of generation function within the database,
              which instead must be specified separately.
  
  
              .. warning:: This directive **does not** currently produce MySQL's
                 "ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()" clause.  See
                 :ref:`mysql_timestamp_onupdate` for background on how to
                 produce this clause.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`triggered_columns`
  
          :param quote: Force quoting of this column's name on or off,
               corresponding to ``True`` or ``False``. When left at its default
               of ``None``, the column identifier will be quoted according to
               whether the name is case sensitive (identifiers with at least one
               upper case character are treated as case sensitive), or if it's a
               reserved word. This flag is only needed to force quoting of a
               reserved word which is not known by the SQLAlchemy dialect.
  
          :param unique: When ``True``, and the :paramref:`_schema.Column.index`
              parameter is left at its default value of ``False``,
              indicates that a :class:`_schema.UniqueConstraint`
              construct will be automatically generated for this
              :class:`_schema.Column`,
              which will result in a "UNIQUE CONSTRAINT" clause referring
              to this column being included
              in the ``CREATE TABLE`` statement emitted, when the DDL create
              operation for the :class:`_schema.Table` object is invoked.
  
              When this flag is ``True`` while the
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.index` parameter is simultaneously
              set to ``True``, the effect instead is that a
              :class:`_schema.Index` construct which includes the
              :paramref:`_schema.Index.unique` parameter set to ``True``
              is generated.  See the documentation for
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.index` for additional detail.
  
              Using this flag is equivalent to making use of the
              :class:`_schema.UniqueConstraint` construct explicitly at the
              level of the :class:`_schema.Table` construct itself::
  
                  Table(
                      "some_table",
                      metadata,
                      Column("x", Integer),
                      UniqueConstraint("x")
                  )
  
              The :paramref:`_schema.UniqueConstraint.name` parameter
              of the unique constraint object is left at its default value
              of ``None``; in the absence of a :ref:`naming convention <constraint_naming_conventions>`
              for the enclosing :class:`_schema.MetaData`, the UNIQUE CONSTRAINT
              construct will be emitted as unnamed, which typically invokes
              a database-specific naming convention to take place.
  
              As this flag is intended only as a convenience for the common case
              of adding a single-column, default configured unique constraint to a table
              definition, explicit use of the :class:`_schema.UniqueConstraint` construct
              should be preferred for most use cases, including composite constraints
              that encompass more than one column, backend-specific index configuration options, and
              constraints that use a specific name.
  
              .. note:: the :attr:`_schema.Column.unique` attribute on
                  :class:`_schema.Column`
                  **does not indicate** if this column has a unique constraint or
                  not, only if this flag was explicitly set here.  To view
                  indexes and unique constraints that may involve this column,
                  view the
                  :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes` and/or
                  :attr:`_schema.Table.constraints` collections or use
                  :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_indexes` and/or
                  :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_unique_constraints`
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`schema_unique_constraint`
  
                  :ref:`constraint_naming_conventions`
  
                  :paramref:`_schema.Column.index`
  
          :param system: When ``True``, indicates this is a "system" column,
               that is a column which is automatically made available by the
               database, and should not be included in the columns list for a
               ``CREATE TABLE`` statement.
  
               For more elaborate scenarios where columns should be
               conditionally rendered differently on different backends,
               consider custom compilation rules for :class:`.CreateColumn`.
  
          :param comment: Optional string that will render an SQL comment on
               table creation.
  
               .. versionadded:: 1.2 Added the
                  :paramref:`_schema.Column.comment`
                  parameter to :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
  
          """  # noqa E501
  
          name = kwargs.pop("name", None)
          type_ = kwargs.pop("type_", None)
          args = list(args)
          if args:
              if isinstance(args[0], util.string_types):
                  if name is not None:
                      raise exc.ArgumentError(
                          "May not pass name positionally and as a keyword."
                      )
                  name = args.pop(0)
          if args:
              coltype = args[0]
  
              if hasattr(coltype, "_sqla_type"):
                  if type_ is not None:
                      raise exc.ArgumentError(
                          "May not pass type_ positionally and as a keyword."
                      )
                  type_ = args.pop(0)
  
          if name is not None:
              name = quoted_name(name, kwargs.pop("quote", None))
          elif "quote" in kwargs:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Explicit 'name' is required when " "sending 'quote' argument"
              )
  
          super(Column, self).__init__(name, type_)
          self.key = kwargs.pop("key", name)
          self.primary_key = primary_key = kwargs.pop("primary_key", False)
  
          self._user_defined_nullable = udn = kwargs.pop(
              "nullable", NULL_UNSPECIFIED
          )
  
          if udn is not NULL_UNSPECIFIED:
              self.nullable = udn
          else:
              self.nullable = not primary_key
  
          self.default = kwargs.pop("default", None)
          self.server_default = kwargs.pop("server_default", None)
          self.server_onupdate = kwargs.pop("server_onupdate", None)
  
          # these default to None because .index and .unique is *not*
          # an informational flag about Column - there can still be an
          # Index or UniqueConstraint referring to this Column.
          self.index = kwargs.pop("index", None)
          self.unique = kwargs.pop("unique", None)
  
          self.system = kwargs.pop("system", False)
          self.doc = kwargs.pop("doc", None)
          self.onupdate = kwargs.pop("onupdate", None)
          self.autoincrement = kwargs.pop("autoincrement", "auto")
          self.constraints = set()
          self.foreign_keys = set()
          self.comment = kwargs.pop("comment", None)
          self.computed = None
          self.identity = None
  
          # check if this Column is proxying another column
          if "_proxies" in kwargs:
              self._proxies = kwargs.pop("_proxies")
          # otherwise, add DDL-related events
          elif isinstance(self.type, SchemaEventTarget):
              self.type._set_parent_with_dispatch(self)
  
          if self.default is not None:
              if isinstance(self.default, (ColumnDefault, Sequence)):
                  args.append(self.default)
              else:
                  if getattr(self.type, "_warn_on_bytestring", False):
                      if isinstance(self.default, util.binary_type):
                          util.warn(
                              "Unicode column '%s' has non-unicode "
                              "default value %r specified."
                              % (self.key, self.default)
                          )
                  args.append(ColumnDefault(self.default))
  
          if self.server_default is not None:
              if isinstance(self.server_default, FetchedValue):
                  args.append(self.server_default._as_for_update(False))
              else:
                  args.append(DefaultClause(self.server_default))
  
          if self.onupdate is not None:
              if isinstance(self.onupdate, (ColumnDefault, Sequence)):
                  args.append(self.onupdate)
              else:
                  args.append(ColumnDefault(self.onupdate, for_update=True))
  
          if self.server_onupdate is not None:
              if isinstance(self.server_onupdate, FetchedValue):
                  args.append(self.server_onupdate._as_for_update(True))
              else:
                  args.append(
                      DefaultClause(self.server_onupdate, for_update=True)
                  )
          self._init_items(*args)
  
          util.set_creation_order(self)
  
          if "info" in kwargs:
              self.info = kwargs.pop("info")
  
          self._extra_kwargs(**kwargs)
  
      foreign_keys = None
      """A collection of all :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` marker objects
         associated with this :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
         Each object is a member of a :class:`_schema.Table`-wide
         :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
         .. seealso::
  
             :attr:`_schema.Table.foreign_keys`
  
      """
  
      index = None
      """The value of the :paramref:`_schema.Column.index` parameter.
  
         Does not indicate if this :class:`_schema.Column` is actually indexed
         or not; use :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`.
  
         .. seealso::
  
             :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`
      """
  
      unique = None
      """The value of the :paramref:`_schema.Column.unique` parameter.
  
         Does not indicate if this :class:`_schema.Column` is actually subject to
         a unique constraint or not; use :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes` and
         :attr:`_schema.Table.constraints`.
  
         .. seealso::
  
             :attr:`_schema.Table.indexes`
  
             :attr:`_schema.Table.constraints`.
  
      """
  
      def _extra_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
          self._validate_dialect_kwargs(kwargs)
  
      def __str__(self):
          if self.name is None:
              return "(no name)"
          elif self.table is not None:
              if self.table.named_with_column:
                  return self.table.description + "." + self.description
              else:
                  return self.description
          else:
              return self.description
  
      def references(self, column):
          """Return True if this Column references the given column via foreign
          key."""
  
          for fk in self.foreign_keys:
              if fk.column.proxy_set.intersection(column.proxy_set):
                  return True
          else:
              return False
  
      def append_foreign_key(self, fk):
          fk._set_parent_with_dispatch(self)
  
      def __repr__(self):
          kwarg = []
          if self.key != self.name:
              kwarg.append("key")
          if self.primary_key:
              kwarg.append("primary_key")
          if not self.nullable:
              kwarg.append("nullable")
          if self.onupdate:
              kwarg.append("onupdate")
          if self.default:
              kwarg.append("default")
          if self.server_default:
              kwarg.append("server_default")
          if self.comment:
              kwarg.append("comment")
          return "Column(%s)" % ", ".join(
              [repr(self.name)]
              + [repr(self.type)]
              + [repr(x) for x in self.foreign_keys if x is not None]
              + [repr(x) for x in self.constraints]
              + [
                  (
                      self.table is not None
                      and "table=<%s>" % self.table.description
                      or "table=None"
                  )
              ]
              + ["%s=%s" % (k, repr(getattr(self, k))) for k in kwarg]
          )
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, allow_replacements=True):
          if not self.name:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Column must be constructed with a non-blank name or "
                  "assign a non-blank .name before adding to a Table."
              )
  
          self._reset_memoizations()
  
          if self.key is None:
              self.key = self.name
  
          existing = getattr(self, "table", None)
          if existing is not None and existing is not table:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Column object '%s' already assigned to Table '%s'"
                  % (self.key, existing.description)
              )
  
          if self.key in table._columns:
              col = table._columns.get(self.key)
              if col is not self:
                  if not allow_replacements:
                      util.warn_deprecated(
                          "A column with name '%s' is already present "
                          "in table '%s'. Please use method "
                          ":meth:`_schema.Table.append_column` with the "
                          "parameter ``replace_existing=True`` to replace an "
                          "existing column." % (self.key, table.name),
                          "1.4",
                      )
                  for fk in col.foreign_keys:
                      table.foreign_keys.remove(fk)
                      if fk.constraint in table.constraints:
                          # this might have been removed
                          # already, if it's a composite constraint
                          # and more than one col being replaced
                          table.constraints.remove(fk.constraint)
  
          table._columns.replace(self)
  
          self.table = table
  
          if self.primary_key:
              table.primary_key._replace(self)
          elif self.key in table.primary_key:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Trying to redefine primary-key column '%s' as a "
                  "non-primary-key column on table '%s'"
                  % (self.key, table.fullname)
              )
  
          if self.index:
              if isinstance(self.index, util.string_types):
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "The 'index' keyword argument on Column is boolean only. "
                      "To create indexes with a specific name, create an "
                      "explicit Index object external to the Table."
                  )
              table.append_constraint(
                  Index(
                      None, self.key, unique=bool(self.unique), _column_flag=True
                  )
              )
  
          elif self.unique:
              if isinstance(self.unique, util.string_types):
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "The 'unique' keyword argument on Column is boolean "
                      "only. To create unique constraints or indexes with a "
                      "specific name, append an explicit UniqueConstraint to "
                      "the Table's list of elements, or create an explicit "
                      "Index object external to the Table."
                  )
              table.append_constraint(
                  UniqueConstraint(self.key, _column_flag=True)
              )
  
          self._setup_on_memoized_fks(lambda fk: fk._set_remote_table(table))
  
          if self.identity and (
              isinstance(self.default, Sequence)
              or isinstance(self.onupdate, Sequence)
          ):
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "An column cannot specify both Identity and Sequence."
              )
  
      def _setup_on_memoized_fks(self, fn):
          fk_keys = [
              ((self.table.key, self.key), False),
              ((self.table.key, self.name), True),
          ]
          for fk_key, link_to_name in fk_keys:
              if fk_key in self.table.metadata._fk_memos:
                  for fk in self.table.metadata._fk_memos[fk_key]:
                      if fk.link_to_name is link_to_name:
                          fn(fk)
  
      def _on_table_attach(self, fn):
          if self.table is not None:
              fn(self, self.table)
          else:
              event.listen(self, "after_parent_attach", fn)
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.Column.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, **kw):
          return self._copy(**kw)
  
      def _copy(self, **kw):
          """Create a copy of this ``Column``, uninitialized.
  
          This is used in :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata`.
  
          """
  
          # Constraint objects plus non-constraint-bound ForeignKey objects
          args = [
              c._copy(**kw) for c in self.constraints if not c._type_bound
          ] + [c._copy(**kw) for c in self.foreign_keys if not c.constraint]
  
          # ticket #5276
          column_kwargs = {}
          for dialect_name in self.dialect_options:
              dialect_options = self.dialect_options[dialect_name]._non_defaults
              for (
                  dialect_option_key,
                  dialect_option_value,
              ) in dialect_options.items():
                  column_kwargs[
                      dialect_name + "_" + dialect_option_key
                  ] = dialect_option_value
  
          server_default = self.server_default
          server_onupdate = self.server_onupdate
          if isinstance(server_default, (Computed, Identity)):
              server_default = server_onupdate = None
              args.append(self.server_default._copy(**kw))
  
          type_ = self.type
          if isinstance(type_, SchemaEventTarget):
              type_ = type_.copy(**kw)
  
          if self._user_defined_nullable is not NULL_UNSPECIFIED:
              column_kwargs["nullable"] = self._user_defined_nullable
  
          c = self._constructor(
              name=self.name,
              type_=type_,
              key=self.key,
              primary_key=self.primary_key,
              unique=self.unique,
              system=self.system,
              # quote=self.quote,  # disabled 2013-08-27 (commit 031ef080)
              index=self.index,
              autoincrement=self.autoincrement,
              default=self.default,
              server_default=server_default,
              onupdate=self.onupdate,
              server_onupdate=server_onupdate,
              doc=self.doc,
              comment=self.comment,
              *args,
              **column_kwargs
          )
          return self._schema_item_copy(c)
  
      def _make_proxy(
          self, selectable, name=None, key=None, name_is_truncatable=False, **kw
      ):
          """Create a *proxy* for this column.
  
          This is a copy of this ``Column`` referenced by a different parent
          (such as an alias or select statement).  The column should
          be used only in select scenarios, as its full DDL/default
          information is not transferred.
  
          """
          fk = [
              ForeignKey(f.column, _constraint=f.constraint)
              for f in self.foreign_keys
          ]
          if name is None and self.name is None:
              raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                  "Cannot initialize a sub-selectable"
                  " with this Column object until its 'name' has "
                  "been assigned."
              )
          try:
              c = self._constructor(
                  coercions.expect(
                      roles.TruncatedLabelRole, name if name else self.name
                  )
                  if name_is_truncatable
                  else (name or self.name),
                  self.type,
                  # this may actually be ._proxy_key when the key is incoming
                  key=key if key else name if name else self.key,
                  primary_key=self.primary_key,
                  nullable=self.nullable,
                  _proxies=[self],
                  *fk
              )
          except TypeError as err:
              util.raise_(
                  TypeError(
                      "Could not create a copy of this %r object.  "
                      "Ensure the class includes a _constructor() "
                      "attribute or method which accepts the "
                      "standard Column constructor arguments, or "
                      "references the Column class itself." % self.__class__
                  ),
                  from_=err,
              )
  
          c.table = selectable
          c._propagate_attrs = selectable._propagate_attrs
          if selectable._is_clone_of is not None:
              c._is_clone_of = selectable._is_clone_of.columns.get(c.key)
          if self.primary_key:
              selectable.primary_key.add(c)
          if fk:
              selectable.foreign_keys.update(fk)
          return c.key, c
  
  
  class ForeignKey(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem):
      """Defines a dependency between two columns.
  
      ``ForeignKey`` is specified as an argument to a :class:`_schema.Column`
      object,
      e.g.::
  
          t = Table("remote_table", metadata,
              Column("remote_id", ForeignKey("main_table.id"))
          )
  
      Note that ``ForeignKey`` is only a marker object that defines
      a dependency between two columns.   The actual constraint
      is in all cases represented by the :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`
      object.   This object will be generated automatically when
      a ``ForeignKey`` is associated with a :class:`_schema.Column` which
      in turn is associated with a :class:`_schema.Table`.   Conversely,
      when :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` is applied to a
      :class:`_schema.Table`,
      ``ForeignKey`` markers are automatically generated to be
      present on each associated :class:`_schema.Column`, which are also
      associated with the constraint object.
  
      Note that you cannot define a "composite" foreign key constraint,
      that is a constraint between a grouping of multiple parent/child
      columns, using ``ForeignKey`` objects.   To define this grouping,
      the :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` object must be used, and applied
      to the :class:`_schema.Table`.   The associated ``ForeignKey`` objects
      are created automatically.
  
      The ``ForeignKey`` objects associated with an individual
      :class:`_schema.Column`
      object are available in the `foreign_keys` collection
      of that column.
  
      Further examples of foreign key configuration are in
      :ref:`metadata_foreignkeys`.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "foreign_key"
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          column,
          _constraint=None,
          use_alter=False,
          name=None,
          onupdate=None,
          ondelete=None,
          deferrable=None,
          initially=None,
          link_to_name=False,
          match=None,
          info=None,
          **dialect_kw
      ):
          r"""
          Construct a column-level FOREIGN KEY.
  
          The :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` object when constructed generates a
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`
          which is associated with the parent
          :class:`_schema.Table` object's collection of constraints.
  
          :param column: A single target column for the key relationship. A
              :class:`_schema.Column` object or a column name as a string:
              ``tablename.columnkey`` or ``schema.tablename.columnkey``.
              ``columnkey`` is the ``key`` which has been assigned to the column
              (defaults to the column name itself), unless ``link_to_name`` is
              ``True`` in which case the rendered name of the column is used.
  
          :param name: Optional string. An in-database name for the key if
              `constraint` is not provided.
  
          :param onupdate: Optional string. If set, emit ON UPDATE <value> when
              issuing DDL for this constraint. Typical values include CASCADE,
              DELETE and RESTRICT.
  
          :param ondelete: Optional string. If set, emit ON DELETE <value> when
              issuing DDL for this constraint. Typical values include CASCADE,
              DELETE and RESTRICT.
  
          :param deferrable: Optional bool. If set, emit DEFERRABLE or NOT
              DEFERRABLE when issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param initially: Optional string. If set, emit INITIALLY <value> when
              issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param link_to_name: if True, the string name given in ``column`` is
              the rendered name of the referenced column, not its locally
              assigned ``key``.
  
          :param use_alter: passed to the underlying
              :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`
              to indicate the constraint should
              be generated/dropped externally from the CREATE TABLE/ DROP TABLE
              statement.  See :paramref:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.use_alter`
              for further description.
  
              .. seealso::
  
                  :paramref:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.use_alter`
  
                  :ref:`use_alter`
  
          :param match: Optional string. If set, emit MATCH <value> when issuing
              DDL for this constraint. Typical values include SIMPLE, PARTIAL
              and FULL.
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          :param \**dialect_kw:  Additional keyword arguments are dialect
              specific, and passed in the form ``<dialectname>_<argname>``.  The
              arguments are ultimately handled by a corresponding
              :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
              See the documentation regarding
              an individual dialect at :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on
              documented arguments.
  
              .. versionadded:: 0.9.2
  
          """
  
          self._colspec = coercions.expect(roles.DDLReferredColumnRole, column)
  
          if isinstance(self._colspec, util.string_types):
              self._table_column = None
          else:
              self._table_column = self._colspec
  
              if not isinstance(
                  self._table_column.table, (util.NoneType, TableClause)
              ):
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "ForeignKey received Column not bound "
                      "to a Table, got: %r" % self._table_column.table
                  )
  
          # the linked ForeignKeyConstraint.
          # ForeignKey will create this when parent Column
          # is attached to a Table, *or* ForeignKeyConstraint
          # object passes itself in when creating ForeignKey
          # markers.
          self.constraint = _constraint
          self.parent = None
          self.use_alter = use_alter
          self.name = name
          self.onupdate = onupdate
          self.ondelete = ondelete
          self.deferrable = deferrable
          self.initially = initially
          self.link_to_name = link_to_name
          self.match = match
          if info:
              self.info = info
          self._unvalidated_dialect_kw = dialect_kw
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return "ForeignKey(%r)" % self._get_colspec()
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.ForeignKey.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, schema=None, **kw):
          return self._copy(schema=schema, **kw)
  
      def _copy(self, schema=None, **kw):
          """Produce a copy of this :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` object.
  
          The new :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` will not be bound
          to any :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
          This method is usually used by the internal
          copy procedures of :class:`_schema.Column`, :class:`_schema.Table`,
          and :class:`_schema.MetaData`.
  
          :param schema: The returned :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` will
            reference the original table and column name, qualified
            by the given string schema name.
  
          """
  
          fk = ForeignKey(
              self._get_colspec(schema=schema),
              use_alter=self.use_alter,
              name=self.name,
              onupdate=self.onupdate,
              ondelete=self.ondelete,
              deferrable=self.deferrable,
              initially=self.initially,
              link_to_name=self.link_to_name,
              match=self.match,
              **self._unvalidated_dialect_kw
          )
          return self._schema_item_copy(fk)
  
      def _get_colspec(self, schema=None, table_name=None):
          """Return a string based 'column specification' for this
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`.
  
          This is usually the equivalent of the string-based "tablename.colname"
          argument first passed to the object's constructor.
  
          """
          if schema:
              _schema, tname, colname = self._column_tokens
              if table_name is not None:
                  tname = table_name
              return "%s.%s.%s" % (schema, tname, colname)
          elif table_name:
              schema, tname, colname = self._column_tokens
              if schema:
                  return "%s.%s.%s" % (schema, table_name, colname)
              else:
                  return "%s.%s" % (table_name, colname)
          elif self._table_column is not None:
              return "%s.%s" % (
                  self._table_column.table.fullname,
                  self._table_column.key,
              )
          else:
              return self._colspec
  
      @property
      def _referred_schema(self):
          return self._column_tokens[0]
  
      def _table_key(self):
          if self._table_column is not None:
              if self._table_column.table is None:
                  return None
              else:
                  return self._table_column.table.key
          else:
              schema, tname, colname = self._column_tokens
              return _get_table_key(tname, schema)
  
      target_fullname = property(_get_colspec)
  
      def references(self, table):
          """Return True if the given :class:`_schema.Table`
          is referenced by this
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`."""
  
          return table.corresponding_column(self.column) is not None
  
      def get_referent(self, table):
          """Return the :class:`_schema.Column` in the given
          :class:`_schema.Table`
          referenced by this :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`.
  
          Returns None if this :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`
          does not reference the given
          :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
          """
  
          return table.corresponding_column(self.column)
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def _column_tokens(self):
          """parse a string-based _colspec into its component parts."""
  
          m = self._get_colspec().split(".")
          if m is None:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Invalid foreign key column specification: %s" % self._colspec
              )
          if len(m) == 1:
              tname = m.pop()
              colname = None
          else:
              colname = m.pop()
              tname = m.pop()
  
          # A FK between column 'bar' and table 'foo' can be
          # specified as 'foo', 'foo.bar', 'dbo.foo.bar',
          # 'otherdb.dbo.foo.bar'. Once we have the column name and
          # the table name, treat everything else as the schema
          # name. Some databases (e.g. Sybase) support
          # inter-database foreign keys. See tickets#1341 and --
          # indirectly related -- Ticket #594. This assumes that '.'
          # will never appear *within* any component of the FK.
  
          if len(m) > 0:
              schema = ".".join(m)
          else:
              schema = None
          return schema, tname, colname
  
      def _resolve_col_tokens(self):
          if self.parent is None:
              raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                  "this ForeignKey object does not yet have a "
                  "parent Column associated with it."
              )
  
          elif self.parent.table is None:
              raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                  "this ForeignKey's parent column is not yet associated "
                  "with a Table."
              )
  
          parenttable = self.parent.table
  
          # assertion
          # basically Column._make_proxy() sends the actual
          # target Column to the ForeignKey object, so the
          # string resolution here is never called.
          for c in self.parent.base_columns:
              if isinstance(c, Column):
                  assert c.table is parenttable
                  break
          else:
              assert False
          ######################
  
          schema, tname, colname = self._column_tokens
  
          if schema is None and parenttable.metadata.schema is not None:
              schema = parenttable.metadata.schema
  
          tablekey = _get_table_key(tname, schema)
          return parenttable, tablekey, colname
  
      def _link_to_col_by_colstring(self, parenttable, table, colname):
          if not hasattr(self.constraint, "_referred_table"):
              self.constraint._referred_table = table
          else:
              assert self.constraint._referred_table is table
  
          _column = None
          if colname is None:
              # colname is None in the case that ForeignKey argument
              # was specified as table name only, in which case we
              # match the column name to the same column on the
              # parent.
              key = self.parent
              _column = table.c.get(self.parent.key, None)
          elif self.link_to_name:
              key = colname
              for c in table.c:
                  if c.name == colname:
                      _column = c
          else:
              key = colname
              _column = table.c.get(colname, None)
  
          if _column is None:
              raise exc.NoReferencedColumnError(
                  "Could not initialize target column "
                  "for ForeignKey '%s' on table '%s': "
                  "table '%s' has no column named '%s'"
                  % (self._colspec, parenttable.name, table.name, key),
                  table.name,
                  key,
              )
  
          self._set_target_column(_column)
  
      def _set_target_column(self, column):
          assert isinstance(self.parent.table, Table)
  
          # propagate TypeEngine to parent if it didn't have one
          if self.parent.type._isnull:
              self.parent.type = column.type
  
          # super-edgy case, if other FKs point to our column,
          # they'd get the type propagated out also.
  
          def set_type(fk):
              if fk.parent.type._isnull:
                  fk.parent.type = column.type
  
          self.parent._setup_on_memoized_fks(set_type)
  
          self.column = column
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def column(self):
          """Return the target :class:`_schema.Column` referenced by this
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`.
  
          If no target column has been established, an exception
          is raised.
  
          .. versionchanged:: 0.9.0
              Foreign key target column resolution now occurs as soon as both
              the ForeignKey object and the remote Column to which it refers
              are both associated with the same MetaData object.
  
          """
  
          if isinstance(self._colspec, util.string_types):
  
              parenttable, tablekey, colname = self._resolve_col_tokens()
  
              if tablekey not in parenttable.metadata:
                  raise exc.NoReferencedTableError(
                      "Foreign key associated with column '%s' could not find "
                      "table '%s' with which to generate a "
                      "foreign key to target column '%s'"
                      % (self.parent, tablekey, colname),
                      tablekey,
                  )
              elif parenttable.key not in parenttable.metadata:
                  raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                      "Table %s is no longer associated with its "
                      "parent MetaData" % parenttable
                  )
              else:
                  raise exc.NoReferencedColumnError(
                      "Could not initialize target column for "
                      "ForeignKey '%s' on table '%s': "
                      "table '%s' has no column named '%s'"
                      % (self._colspec, parenttable.name, tablekey, colname),
                      tablekey,
                      colname,
                  )
          elif hasattr(self._colspec, "__clause_element__"):
              _column = self._colspec.__clause_element__()
              return _column
          else:
              _column = self._colspec
              return _column
  
      def _set_parent(self, column, **kw):
          if self.parent is not None and self.parent is not column:
              raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                  "This ForeignKey already has a parent !"
              )
          self.parent = column
          self.parent.foreign_keys.add(self)
          self.parent._on_table_attach(self._set_table)
  
      def _set_remote_table(self, table):
          parenttable, tablekey, colname = self._resolve_col_tokens()
          self._link_to_col_by_colstring(parenttable, table, colname)
          self.constraint._validate_dest_table(table)
  
      def _remove_from_metadata(self, metadata):
          parenttable, table_key, colname = self._resolve_col_tokens()
          fk_key = (table_key, colname)
  
          if self in metadata._fk_memos[fk_key]:
              # TODO: no test coverage for self not in memos
              metadata._fk_memos[fk_key].remove(self)
  
      def _set_table(self, column, table):
          # standalone ForeignKey - create ForeignKeyConstraint
          # on the hosting Table when attached to the Table.
          assert isinstance(table, Table)
          if self.constraint is None:
              self.constraint = ForeignKeyConstraint(
                  [],
                  [],
                  use_alter=self.use_alter,
                  name=self.name,
                  onupdate=self.onupdate,
                  ondelete=self.ondelete,
                  deferrable=self.deferrable,
                  initially=self.initially,
                  match=self.match,
                  **self._unvalidated_dialect_kw
              )
              self.constraint._append_element(column, self)
              self.constraint._set_parent_with_dispatch(table)
          table.foreign_keys.add(self)
          # set up remote ".column" attribute, or a note to pick it
          # up when the other Table/Column shows up
          if isinstance(self._colspec, util.string_types):
              parenttable, table_key, colname = self._resolve_col_tokens()
              fk_key = (table_key, colname)
              if table_key in parenttable.metadata.tables:
                  table = parenttable.metadata.tables[table_key]
                  try:
                      self._link_to_col_by_colstring(parenttable, table, colname)
                  except exc.NoReferencedColumnError:
                      # this is OK, we'll try later
                      pass
              parenttable.metadata._fk_memos[fk_key].append(self)
          elif hasattr(self._colspec, "__clause_element__"):
              _column = self._colspec.__clause_element__()
              self._set_target_column(_column)
          else:
              _column = self._colspec
              self._set_target_column(_column)
  
  
  class DefaultGenerator(Executable, SchemaItem):
      """Base class for column *default* values."""
  
      __visit_name__ = "default_generator"
  
      is_sequence = False
      is_server_default = False
      column = None
  
      def __init__(self, for_update=False):
          self.for_update = for_update
  
      def _set_parent(self, column, **kw):
          self.column = column
          if self.for_update:
              self.column.onupdate = self
          else:
              self.column.default = self
  
      @util.deprecated_20(
          ":meth:`.DefaultGenerator.execute`",
          alternative="All statement execution in SQLAlchemy 2.0 is performed "
          "by the :meth:`_engine.Connection.execute` method of "
          ":class:`_engine.Connection`, "
          "or in the ORM by the :meth:`.Session.execute` method of "
          ":class:`.Session`.",
      )
      def execute(self, bind=None):
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          return bind._execute_default(self, (), util.EMPTY_DICT)
  
      def _execute_on_connection(
          self, connection, multiparams, params, execution_options
      ):
          return connection._execute_default(
              self, multiparams, params, execution_options
          )
  
      @property
      def bind(self):
          """Return the connectable associated with this default."""
          if getattr(self, "column", None) is not None:
              return self.column.table.bind
          else:
              return None
  
  
  class ColumnDefault(DefaultGenerator):
      """A plain default value on a column.
  
      This could correspond to a constant, a callable function,
      or a SQL clause.
  
      :class:`.ColumnDefault` is generated automatically
      whenever the ``default``, ``onupdate`` arguments of
      :class:`_schema.Column` are used.  A :class:`.ColumnDefault`
      can be passed positionally as well.
  
      For example, the following::
  
          Column('foo', Integer, default=50)
  
      Is equivalent to::
  
          Column('foo', Integer, ColumnDefault(50))
  
  
      """
  
      def __init__(self, arg, **kwargs):
          """Construct a new :class:`.ColumnDefault`.
  
  
          :param arg: argument representing the default value.
           May be one of the following:
  
           * a plain non-callable Python value, such as a
             string, integer, boolean, or other simple type.
             The default value will be used as is each time.
           * a SQL expression, that is one which derives from
             :class:`_expression.ColumnElement`.  The SQL expression will
             be rendered into the INSERT or UPDATE statement,
             or in the case of a primary key column when
             RETURNING is not used may be
             pre-executed before an INSERT within a SELECT.
           * A Python callable.  The function will be invoked for each
             new row subject to an INSERT or UPDATE.
             The callable must accept exactly
             zero or one positional arguments.  The one-argument form
             will receive an instance of the :class:`.ExecutionContext`,
             which provides contextual information as to the current
             :class:`_engine.Connection` in use as well as the current
             statement and parameters.
  
          """
          super(ColumnDefault, self).__init__(**kwargs)
          if isinstance(arg, FetchedValue):
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "ColumnDefault may not be a server-side default type."
              )
          if callable(arg):
              arg = self._maybe_wrap_callable(arg)
          self.arg = arg
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def is_callable(self):
          return callable(self.arg)
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def is_clause_element(self):
          return isinstance(self.arg, ClauseElement)
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def is_scalar(self):
          return (
              not self.is_callable
              and not self.is_clause_element
              and not self.is_sequence
          )
  
      @util.memoized_property
      @util.preload_module("sqlalchemy.sql.sqltypes")
      def _arg_is_typed(self):
          sqltypes = util.preloaded.sql_sqltypes
  
          if self.is_clause_element:
              return not isinstance(self.arg.type, sqltypes.NullType)
          else:
              return False
  
      def _maybe_wrap_callable(self, fn):
          """Wrap callables that don't accept a context.
  
          This is to allow easy compatibility with default callables
          that aren't specific to accepting of a context.
  
          """
          try:
              argspec = util.get_callable_argspec(fn, no_self=True)
          except TypeError:
              return util.wrap_callable(lambda ctx: fn(), fn)
  
          defaulted = argspec[3] is not None and len(argspec[3]) or 0
          positionals = len(argspec[0]) - defaulted
  
          if positionals == 0:
              return util.wrap_callable(lambda ctx: fn(), fn)
  
          elif positionals == 1:
              return fn
          else:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "ColumnDefault Python function takes zero or one "
                  "positional arguments"
              )
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return "ColumnDefault(%r)" % (self.arg,)
  
  
  class IdentityOptions(object):
      """Defines options for a named database sequence or an identity column.
  
      .. versionadded:: 1.3.18
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :class:`.Sequence`
  
      """
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          start=None,
          increment=None,
          minvalue=None,
          maxvalue=None,
          nominvalue=None,
          nomaxvalue=None,
          cycle=None,
          cache=None,
          order=None,
      ):
          """Construct a :class:`.IdentityOptions` object.
  
          See the :class:`.Sequence` documentation for a complete description
          of the parameters.
  
          :param start: the starting index of the sequence.
          :param increment: the increment value of the sequence.
          :param minvalue: the minimum value of the sequence.
          :param maxvalue: the maximum value of the sequence.
          :param nominvalue: no minimum value of the sequence.
          :param nomaxvalue: no maximum value of the sequence.
          :param cycle: allows the sequence to wrap around when the maxvalue
           or minvalue has been reached.
          :param cache: optional integer value; number of future values in the
           sequence which are calculated in advance.
          :param order: optional boolean value; if ``True``, renders the
           ORDER keyword.
  
          """
          self.start = start
          self.increment = increment
          self.minvalue = minvalue
          self.maxvalue = maxvalue
          self.nominvalue = nominvalue
          self.nomaxvalue = nomaxvalue
          self.cycle = cycle
          self.cache = cache
          self.order = order
  
  
  class Sequence(IdentityOptions, DefaultGenerator):
      """Represents a named database sequence.
  
      The :class:`.Sequence` object represents the name and configurational
      parameters of a database sequence.   It also represents
      a construct that can be "executed" by a SQLAlchemy :class:`_engine.Engine`
      or :class:`_engine.Connection`,
      rendering the appropriate "next value" function
      for the target database and returning a result.
  
      The :class:`.Sequence` is typically associated with a primary key column::
  
          some_table = Table(
              'some_table', metadata,
              Column('id', Integer, Sequence('some_table_seq'),
              primary_key=True)
          )
  
      When CREATE TABLE is emitted for the above :class:`_schema.Table`, if the
      target platform supports sequences, a CREATE SEQUENCE statement will
      be emitted as well.   For platforms that don't support sequences,
      the :class:`.Sequence` construct is ignored.
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`defaults_sequences`
  
          :class:`.CreateSequence`
  
          :class:`.DropSequence`
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "sequence"
  
      is_sequence = True
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          name,
          start=None,
          increment=None,
          minvalue=None,
          maxvalue=None,
          nominvalue=None,
          nomaxvalue=None,
          cycle=None,
          schema=None,
          cache=None,
          order=None,
          data_type=None,
          optional=False,
          quote=None,
          metadata=None,
          quote_schema=None,
          for_update=False,
      ):
          """Construct a :class:`.Sequence` object.
  
          :param name: the name of the sequence.
  
          :param start: the starting index of the sequence.  This value is
           used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to the database
           as the value of the "START WITH" clause.   If ``None``, the
           clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates a starting
           value of 1.
          :param increment: the increment value of the sequence.  This
           value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to
           the database as the value of the "INCREMENT BY" clause.  If ``None``,
           the clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates an
           increment of 1.
          :param minvalue: the minimum value of the sequence.  This
           value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to
           the database as the value of the "MINVALUE" clause.  If ``None``,
           the clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates a
           minvalue of 1 and -2^63-1 for ascending and descending sequences,
           respectively.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.7
  
          :param maxvalue: the maximum value of the sequence.  This
           value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to
           the database as the value of the "MAXVALUE" clause.  If ``None``,
           the clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates a
           maxvalue of 2^63-1 and -1 for ascending and descending sequences,
           respectively.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.7
  
          :param nominvalue: no minimum value of the sequence.  This
           value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to
           the database as the value of the "NO MINVALUE" clause.  If ``None``,
           the clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates a
           minvalue of 1 and -2^63-1 for ascending and descending sequences,
           respectively.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.7
  
          :param nomaxvalue: no maximum value of the sequence.  This
           value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command is emitted to
           the database as the value of the "NO MAXVALUE" clause.  If ``None``,
           the clause is omitted, which on most platforms indicates a
           maxvalue of 2^63-1 and -1 for ascending and descending sequences,
           respectively.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.7
  
          :param cycle: allows the sequence to wrap around when the maxvalue
           or minvalue has been reached by an ascending or descending sequence
           respectively.  This value is used when the CREATE SEQUENCE command
           is emitted to the database as the "CYCLE" clause.  If the limit is
           reached, the next number generated will be the minvalue or maxvalue,
           respectively.  If cycle=False (the default) any calls to nextval
           after the sequence has reached its maximum value will return an
           error.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.0.7
  
          :param schema: optional schema name for the sequence, if located
           in a schema other than the default.  The rules for selecting the
           schema name when a :class:`_schema.MetaData`
           is also present are the same
           as that of :paramref:`_schema.Table.schema`.
  
          :param cache: optional integer value; number of future values in the
           sequence which are calculated in advance.  Renders the CACHE keyword
           understood by Oracle and PostgreSQL.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.1.12
  
          :param order: optional boolean value; if ``True``, renders the
           ORDER keyword, understood by Oracle, indicating the sequence is
           definitively ordered.   May be necessary to provide deterministic
           ordering using Oracle RAC.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.1.12
  
          :param data_type: The type to be returned by the sequence, for
           dialects that allow us to choose between INTEGER, BIGINT, etc.
           (e.g., mssql).
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
  
          :param optional: boolean value, when ``True``, indicates that this
           :class:`.Sequence` object only needs to be explicitly generated
           on backends that don't provide another way to generate primary
           key identifiers.  Currently, it essentially means, "don't create
           this sequence on the PostgreSQL backend, where the SERIAL keyword
           creates a sequence for us automatically".
          :param quote: boolean value, when ``True`` or ``False``, explicitly
           forces quoting of the :paramref:`_schema.Sequence.name` on or off.
           When left at its default of ``None``, normal quoting rules based
           on casing and reserved words take place.
          :param quote_schema: Set the quoting preferences for the ``schema``
           name.
  
          :param metadata: optional :class:`_schema.MetaData` object which this
           :class:`.Sequence` will be associated with.  A :class:`.Sequence`
           that is associated with a :class:`_schema.MetaData`
           gains the following
           capabilities:
  
           * The :class:`.Sequence` will inherit the
             :paramref:`_schema.MetaData.schema`
             parameter specified to the target :class:`_schema.MetaData`, which
             affects the production of CREATE / DROP DDL, if any.
  
           * The :meth:`.Sequence.create` and :meth:`.Sequence.drop` methods
             automatically use the engine bound to the :class:`_schema.MetaData`
             object, if any.
  
           * The :meth:`_schema.MetaData.create_all` and
             :meth:`_schema.MetaData.drop_all`
             methods will emit CREATE / DROP for this :class:`.Sequence`,
             even if the :class:`.Sequence` is not associated with any
             :class:`_schema.Table` / :class:`_schema.Column`
             that's a member of this
             :class:`_schema.MetaData`.
  
           The above behaviors can only occur if the :class:`.Sequence` is
           explicitly associated with the :class:`_schema.MetaData`
           via this parameter.
  
           .. seealso::
  
              :ref:`sequence_metadata` - full discussion of the
              :paramref:`.Sequence.metadata` parameter.
  
          :param for_update: Indicates this :class:`.Sequence`, when associated
           with a :class:`_schema.Column`,
           should be invoked for UPDATE statements
           on that column's table, rather than for INSERT statements, when
           no value is otherwise present for that column in the statement.
  
          """
          DefaultGenerator.__init__(self, for_update=for_update)
          IdentityOptions.__init__(
              self,
              start=start,
              increment=increment,
              minvalue=minvalue,
              maxvalue=maxvalue,
              nominvalue=nominvalue,
              nomaxvalue=nomaxvalue,
              cycle=cycle,
              cache=cache,
              order=order,
          )
          self.name = quoted_name(name, quote)
          self.optional = optional
          if schema is BLANK_SCHEMA:
              self.schema = schema = None
          elif metadata is not None and schema is None and metadata.schema:
              self.schema = schema = metadata.schema
          else:
              self.schema = quoted_name(schema, quote_schema)
          self.metadata = metadata
          self._key = _get_table_key(name, schema)
          if metadata:
              self._set_metadata(metadata)
          if data_type is not None:
              self.data_type = to_instance(data_type)
          else:
              self.data_type = None
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def is_callable(self):
          return False
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def is_clause_element(self):
          return False
  
      @util.preload_module("sqlalchemy.sql.functions")
      def next_value(self):
          """Return a :class:`.next_value` function element
          which will render the appropriate increment function
          for this :class:`.Sequence` within any SQL expression.
  
          """
          if self.bind:
              return util.preloaded.sql_functions.func.next_value(
                  self, bind=self.bind
              )
          else:
              return util.preloaded.sql_functions.func.next_value(self)
  
      def _set_parent(self, column, **kw):
          super(Sequence, self)._set_parent(column)
          column._on_table_attach(self._set_table)
  
      def _set_table(self, column, table):
          self._set_metadata(table.metadata)
  
      def _set_metadata(self, metadata):
          self.metadata = metadata
          self.metadata._sequences[self._key] = self
  
      @property
      def bind(self):
          if self.metadata:
              return self.metadata.bind
          else:
              return None
  
      def create(self, bind=None, checkfirst=True):
          """Creates this sequence in the database.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          """
  
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaGenerator, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
  
      def drop(self, bind=None, checkfirst=True):
          """Drops this sequence from the database.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          """
  
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaDropper, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
  
      def _not_a_column_expr(self):
          raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
              "This %s cannot be used directly "
              "as a column expression.  Use func.next_value(sequence) "
              "to produce a 'next value' function that's usable "
              "as a column element." % self.__class__.__name__
          )
  
  
  @inspection._self_inspects
  class FetchedValue(SchemaEventTarget):
      """A marker for a transparent database-side default.
  
      Use :class:`.FetchedValue` when the database is configured
      to provide some automatic default for a column.
  
      E.g.::
  
          Column('foo', Integer, FetchedValue())
  
      Would indicate that some trigger or default generator
      will create a new value for the ``foo`` column during an
      INSERT.
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`triggered_columns`
  
      """
  
      is_server_default = True
      reflected = False
      has_argument = False
      is_clause_element = False
  
      def __init__(self, for_update=False):
          self.for_update = for_update
  
      def _as_for_update(self, for_update):
          if for_update == self.for_update:
              return self
          else:
              return self._clone(for_update)
  
      def _clone(self, for_update):
          n = self.__class__.__new__(self.__class__)
          n.__dict__.update(self.__dict__)
          n.__dict__.pop("column", None)
          n.for_update = for_update
          return n
  
      def _set_parent(self, column, **kw):
          self.column = column
          if self.for_update:
              self.column.server_onupdate = self
          else:
              self.column.server_default = self
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return util.generic_repr(self)
  
  
  class DefaultClause(FetchedValue):
      """A DDL-specified DEFAULT column value.
  
      :class:`.DefaultClause` is a :class:`.FetchedValue`
      that also generates a "DEFAULT" clause when
      "CREATE TABLE" is emitted.
  
      :class:`.DefaultClause` is generated automatically
      whenever the ``server_default``, ``server_onupdate`` arguments of
      :class:`_schema.Column` are used.  A :class:`.DefaultClause`
      can be passed positionally as well.
  
      For example, the following::
  
          Column('foo', Integer, server_default="50")
  
      Is equivalent to::
  
          Column('foo', Integer, DefaultClause("50"))
  
      """
  
      has_argument = True
  
      def __init__(self, arg, for_update=False, _reflected=False):
          util.assert_arg_type(
              arg, (util.string_types[0], ClauseElement, TextClause), "arg"
          )
          super(DefaultClause, self).__init__(for_update)
          self.arg = arg
          self.reflected = _reflected
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return "DefaultClause(%r, for_update=%r)" % (self.arg, self.for_update)
  
  
  class Constraint(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem):
      """A table-level SQL constraint.
  
      :class:`_schema.Constraint` serves as the base class for the series of
      constraint objects that can be associated with :class:`_schema.Table`
      objects, including :class:`_schema.PrimaryKeyConstraint`,
      :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`
      :class:`_schema.UniqueConstraint`, and
      :class:`_schema.CheckConstraint`.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "constraint"
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          name=None,
          deferrable=None,
          initially=None,
          _create_rule=None,
          info=None,
          _type_bound=False,
          **dialect_kw
      ):
          r"""Create a SQL constraint.
  
          :param name:
            Optional, the in-database name of this ``Constraint``.
  
          :param deferrable:
            Optional bool.  If set, emit DEFERRABLE or NOT DEFERRABLE when
            issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param initially:
            Optional string.  If set, emit INITIALLY <value> when issuing DDL
            for this constraint.
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          :param \**dialect_kw:  Additional keyword arguments are dialect
              specific, and passed in the form ``<dialectname>_<argname>``.  See
              the documentation regarding an individual dialect at
              :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on documented arguments.
  
          :param _create_rule:
            used internally by some datatypes that also create constraints.
  
          :param _type_bound:
            used internally to indicate that this constraint is associated with
            a specific datatype.
  
          """
  
          self.name = name
          self.deferrable = deferrable
          self.initially = initially
          if info:
              self.info = info
          self._create_rule = _create_rule
          self._type_bound = _type_bound
          util.set_creation_order(self)
          self._validate_dialect_kwargs(dialect_kw)
  
      @property
      def table(self):
          try:
              if isinstance(self.parent, Table):
                  return self.parent
          except AttributeError:
              pass
          raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
              "This constraint is not bound to a table.  Did you "
              "mean to call table.append_constraint(constraint) ?"
          )
  
      def _set_parent(self, parent, **kw):
          self.parent = parent
          parent.constraints.add(self)
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.Constraint.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, **kw):
          return self._copy(**kw)
  
      def _copy(self, **kw):
          raise NotImplementedError()
  
  
  class ColumnCollectionMixin(object):
  
      columns = None
      """A :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` of :class:`_schema.Column`
      objects.
  
      This collection represents the columns which are referred to by
      this object.
  
      """
  
      _allow_multiple_tables = False
  
      def __init__(self, *columns, **kw):
          _autoattach = kw.pop("_autoattach", True)
          self._column_flag = kw.pop("_column_flag", False)
          self.columns = DedupeColumnCollection()
  
          processed_expressions = kw.pop("_gather_expressions", None)
          if processed_expressions is not None:
              self._pending_colargs = []
              for (
                  expr,
                  column,
                  strname,
                  add_element,
              ) in coercions.expect_col_expression_collection(
                  roles.DDLConstraintColumnRole, columns
              ):
                  self._pending_colargs.append(add_element)
                  processed_expressions.append(expr)
          else:
              self._pending_colargs = [
                  coercions.expect(roles.DDLConstraintColumnRole, column)
                  for column in columns
              ]
  
          if _autoattach and self._pending_colargs:
              self._check_attach()
  
      def _check_attach(self, evt=False):
          col_objs = [c for c in self._pending_colargs if isinstance(c, Column)]
  
          cols_w_table = [c for c in col_objs if isinstance(c.table, Table)]
  
          cols_wo_table = set(col_objs).difference(cols_w_table)
          if cols_wo_table:
              # feature #3341 - place event listeners for Column objects
              # such that when all those cols are attached, we autoattach.
              assert not evt, "Should not reach here on event call"
  
              # issue #3411 - don't do the per-column auto-attach if some of the
              # columns are specified as strings.
              has_string_cols = set(
                  c for c in self._pending_colargs if c is not None
              ).difference(col_objs)
              if not has_string_cols:
  
                  def _col_attached(column, table):
                      # this isinstance() corresponds with the
                      # isinstance() above; only want to count Table-bound
                      # columns
                      if isinstance(table, Table):
                          cols_wo_table.discard(column)
                          if not cols_wo_table:
                              self._check_attach(evt=True)
  
                  self._cols_wo_table = cols_wo_table
                  for col in cols_wo_table:
                      col._on_table_attach(_col_attached)
                  return
  
          columns = cols_w_table
  
          tables = {c.table for c in columns}
          if len(tables) == 1:
              self._set_parent_with_dispatch(tables.pop())
          elif len(tables) > 1 and not self._allow_multiple_tables:
              table = columns[0].table
              others = [c for c in columns[1:] if c.table is not table]
              if others:
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "Column(s) %s are not part of table '%s'."
                      % (
                          ", ".join("'%s'" % c for c in others),
                          table.description,
                      )
                  )
  
      def _col_expressions(self, table):
          return [
              table.c[col] if isinstance(col, util.string_types) else col
              for col in self._pending_colargs
          ]
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, **kw):
          for col in self._col_expressions(table):
              if col is not None:
                  self.columns.add(col)
  
  
  class ColumnCollectionConstraint(ColumnCollectionMixin, Constraint):
      """A constraint that proxies a ColumnCollection."""
  
      def __init__(self, *columns, **kw):
          r"""
          :param \*columns:
            A sequence of column names or Column objects.
  
          :param name:
            Optional, the in-database name of this constraint.
  
          :param deferrable:
            Optional bool.  If set, emit DEFERRABLE or NOT DEFERRABLE when
            issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param initially:
            Optional string.  If set, emit INITIALLY <value> when issuing DDL
            for this constraint.
  
          :param \**kw: other keyword arguments including dialect-specific
            arguments are propagated to the :class:`.Constraint` superclass.
  
          """
          _autoattach = kw.pop("_autoattach", True)
          _column_flag = kw.pop("_column_flag", False)
          Constraint.__init__(self, **kw)
          ColumnCollectionMixin.__init__(
              self, *columns, _autoattach=_autoattach, _column_flag=_column_flag
          )
  
      columns = None
      """A :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` representing the set of columns
      for this constraint.
  
      """
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, **kw):
          Constraint._set_parent(self, table)
          ColumnCollectionMixin._set_parent(self, table)
  
      def __contains__(self, x):
          return x in self.columns
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.ColumnCollectionConstraint.copy` method "
          "is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          return self._copy(target_table=target_table, **kw)
  
      def _copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          # ticket #5276
          constraint_kwargs = {}
          for dialect_name in self.dialect_options:
              dialect_options = self.dialect_options[dialect_name]._non_defaults
              for (
                  dialect_option_key,
                  dialect_option_value,
              ) in dialect_options.items():
                  constraint_kwargs[
                      dialect_name + "_" + dialect_option_key
                  ] = dialect_option_value
  
          c = self.__class__(
              name=self.name,
              deferrable=self.deferrable,
              initially=self.initially,
              *[
                  _copy_expression(expr, self.parent, target_table)
                  for expr in self.columns
              ],
              **constraint_kwargs
          )
          return self._schema_item_copy(c)
  
      def contains_column(self, col):
          """Return True if this constraint contains the given column.
  
          Note that this object also contains an attribute ``.columns``
          which is a :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` of
          :class:`_schema.Column` objects.
  
          """
  
          return self.columns.contains_column(col)
  
      def __iter__(self):
          return iter(self.columns)
  
      def __len__(self):
          return len(self.columns)
  
  
  class CheckConstraint(ColumnCollectionConstraint):
      """A table- or column-level CHECK constraint.
  
      Can be included in the definition of a Table or Column.
      """
  
      _allow_multiple_tables = True
  
      __visit_name__ = "table_or_column_check_constraint"
  
      @_document_text_coercion(
          "sqltext",
          ":class:`.CheckConstraint`",
          ":paramref:`.CheckConstraint.sqltext`",
      )
      def __init__(
          self,
          sqltext,
          name=None,
          deferrable=None,
          initially=None,
          table=None,
          info=None,
          _create_rule=None,
          _autoattach=True,
          _type_bound=False,
          **kw
      ):
          r"""Construct a CHECK constraint.
  
          :param sqltext:
           A string containing the constraint definition, which will be used
           verbatim, or a SQL expression construct.   If given as a string,
           the object is converted to a :func:`_expression.text` object.
           If the textual
           string includes a colon character, escape this using a backslash::
  
             CheckConstraint(r"foo ~ E'a(?\:b|c)d")
  
          :param name:
            Optional, the in-database name of the constraint.
  
          :param deferrable:
            Optional bool.  If set, emit DEFERRABLE or NOT DEFERRABLE when
            issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param initially:
            Optional string.  If set, emit INITIALLY <value> when issuing DDL
            for this constraint.
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          """
  
          self.sqltext = coercions.expect(roles.DDLExpressionRole, sqltext)
          columns = []
          visitors.traverse(self.sqltext, {}, {"column": columns.append})
  
          super(CheckConstraint, self).__init__(
              name=name,
              deferrable=deferrable,
              initially=initially,
              _create_rule=_create_rule,
              info=info,
              _type_bound=_type_bound,
              _autoattach=_autoattach,
              *columns,
              **kw
          )
          if table is not None:
              self._set_parent_with_dispatch(table)
  
      @property
      def is_column_level(self):
          return not isinstance(self.parent, Table)
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.CheckConstraint.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          return self._copy(target_table=target_table, **kw)
  
      def _copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          if target_table is not None:
              # note that target_table is None for the copy process of
              # a column-bound CheckConstraint, so this path is not reached
              # in that case.
              sqltext = _copy_expression(self.sqltext, self.table, target_table)
          else:
              sqltext = self.sqltext
          c = CheckConstraint(
              sqltext,
              name=self.name,
              initially=self.initially,
              deferrable=self.deferrable,
              _create_rule=self._create_rule,
              table=target_table,
              _autoattach=False,
              _type_bound=self._type_bound,
          )
          return self._schema_item_copy(c)
  
  
  class ForeignKeyConstraint(ColumnCollectionConstraint):
      """A table-level FOREIGN KEY constraint.
  
      Defines a single column or composite FOREIGN KEY ... REFERENCES
      constraint. For a no-frills, single column foreign key, adding a
      :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` to the definition of a :class:`_schema.Column`
      is a
      shorthand equivalent for an unnamed, single column
      :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
      Examples of foreign key configuration are in :ref:`metadata_foreignkeys`.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "foreign_key_constraint"
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          columns,
          refcolumns,
          name=None,
          onupdate=None,
          ondelete=None,
          deferrable=None,
          initially=None,
          use_alter=False,
          link_to_name=False,
          match=None,
          table=None,
          info=None,
          **dialect_kw
      ):
          r"""Construct a composite-capable FOREIGN KEY.
  
          :param columns: A sequence of local column names. The named columns
            must be defined and present in the parent Table. The names should
            match the ``key`` given to each column (defaults to the name) unless
            ``link_to_name`` is True.
  
          :param refcolumns: A sequence of foreign column names or Column
            objects. The columns must all be located within the same Table.
  
          :param name: Optional, the in-database name of the key.
  
          :param onupdate: Optional string. If set, emit ON UPDATE <value> when
            issuing DDL for this constraint. Typical values include CASCADE,
            DELETE and RESTRICT.
  
          :param ondelete: Optional string. If set, emit ON DELETE <value> when
            issuing DDL for this constraint. Typical values include CASCADE,
            DELETE and RESTRICT.
  
          :param deferrable: Optional bool. If set, emit DEFERRABLE or NOT
            DEFERRABLE when issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param initially: Optional string. If set, emit INITIALLY <value> when
            issuing DDL for this constraint.
  
          :param link_to_name: if True, the string name given in ``column`` is
            the rendered name of the referenced column, not its locally assigned
            ``key``.
  
          :param use_alter: If True, do not emit the DDL for this constraint as
            part of the CREATE TABLE definition. Instead, generate it via an
            ALTER TABLE statement issued after the full collection of tables
            have been created, and drop it via an ALTER TABLE statement before
            the full collection of tables are dropped.
  
            The use of :paramref:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.use_alter` is
            particularly geared towards the case where two or more tables
            are established within a mutually-dependent foreign key constraint
            relationship; however, the :meth:`_schema.MetaData.create_all` and
            :meth:`_schema.MetaData.drop_all`
            methods will perform this resolution
            automatically, so the flag is normally not needed.
  
            .. versionchanged:: 1.0.0  Automatic resolution of foreign key
               cycles has been added, removing the need to use the
               :paramref:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.use_alter` in typical use
               cases.
  
            .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`use_alter`
  
          :param match: Optional string. If set, emit MATCH <value> when issuing
            DDL for this constraint. Typical values include SIMPLE, PARTIAL
            and FULL.
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          :param \**dialect_kw:  Additional keyword arguments are dialect
            specific, and passed in the form ``<dialectname>_<argname>``.  See
            the documentation regarding an individual dialect at
            :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on documented arguments.
  
              .. versionadded:: 0.9.2
  
          """
  
          Constraint.__init__(
              self,
              name=name,
              deferrable=deferrable,
              initially=initially,
              info=info,
              **dialect_kw
          )
          self.onupdate = onupdate
          self.ondelete = ondelete
          self.link_to_name = link_to_name
          self.use_alter = use_alter
          self.match = match
  
          if len(set(columns)) != len(refcolumns):
              if len(set(columns)) != len(columns):
                  # e.g. FOREIGN KEY (a, a) REFERENCES r (b, c)
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "ForeignKeyConstraint with duplicate source column "
                      "references are not supported."
                  )
              else:
                  # e.g. FOREIGN KEY (a) REFERENCES r (b, c)
                  # paraphrasing https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/\
                  # ddl-constraints.html
                  raise exc.ArgumentError(
                      "ForeignKeyConstraint number "
                      "of constrained columns must match the number of "
                      "referenced columns."
                  )
  
          # standalone ForeignKeyConstraint - create
          # associated ForeignKey objects which will be applied to hosted
          # Column objects (in col.foreign_keys), either now or when attached
          # to the Table for string-specified names
          self.elements = [
              ForeignKey(
                  refcol,
                  _constraint=self,
                  name=self.name,
                  onupdate=self.onupdate,
                  ondelete=self.ondelete,
                  use_alter=self.use_alter,
                  link_to_name=self.link_to_name,
                  match=self.match,
                  deferrable=self.deferrable,
                  initially=self.initially,
                  **self.dialect_kwargs
              )
              for refcol in refcolumns
          ]
  
          ColumnCollectionMixin.__init__(self, *columns)
          if table is not None:
              if hasattr(self, "parent"):
                  assert table is self.parent
              self._set_parent_with_dispatch(table)
  
      def _append_element(self, column, fk):
          self.columns.add(column)
          self.elements.append(fk)
  
      columns = None
      """A :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` representing the set of columns
      for this constraint.
  
      """
  
      elements = None
      """A sequence of :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` objects.
  
      Each :class:`_schema.ForeignKey`
      represents a single referring column/referred
      column pair.
  
      This collection is intended to be read-only.
  
      """
  
      @property
      def _elements(self):
          # legacy - provide a dictionary view of (column_key, fk)
          return util.OrderedDict(zip(self.column_keys, self.elements))
  
      @property
      def _referred_schema(self):
          for elem in self.elements:
              return elem._referred_schema
          else:
              return None
  
      @property
      def referred_table(self):
          """The :class:`_schema.Table` object to which this
          :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` references.
  
          This is a dynamically calculated attribute which may not be available
          if the constraint and/or parent table is not yet associated with
          a metadata collection that contains the referred table.
  
          .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          """
          return self.elements[0].column.table
  
      def _validate_dest_table(self, table):
          table_keys = set([elem._table_key() for elem in self.elements])
          if None not in table_keys and len(table_keys) > 1:
              elem0, elem1 = sorted(table_keys)[0:2]
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "ForeignKeyConstraint on %s(%s) refers to "
                  "multiple remote tables: %s and %s"
                  % (table.fullname, self._col_description, elem0, elem1)
              )
  
      @property
      def column_keys(self):
          """Return a list of string keys representing the local
          columns in this :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
          This list is either the original string arguments sent
          to the constructor of the :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`,
          or if the constraint has been initialized with :class:`_schema.Column`
          objects, is the string ``.key`` of each element.
  
          .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          """
          if hasattr(self, "parent"):
              return self.columns.keys()
          else:
              return [
                  col.key if isinstance(col, ColumnElement) else str(col)
                  for col in self._pending_colargs
              ]
  
      @property
      def _col_description(self):
          return ", ".join(self.column_keys)
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, **kw):
          Constraint._set_parent(self, table)
  
          try:
              ColumnCollectionConstraint._set_parent(self, table)
          except KeyError as ke:
              util.raise_(
                  exc.ArgumentError(
                      "Can't create ForeignKeyConstraint "
                      "on table '%s': no column "
                      "named '%s' is present." % (table.description, ke.args[0])
                  ),
                  from_=ke,
              )
  
          for col, fk in zip(self.columns, self.elements):
              if not hasattr(fk, "parent") or fk.parent is not col:
                  fk._set_parent_with_dispatch(col)
  
          self._validate_dest_table(table)
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, schema=None, target_table=None, **kw):
          return self._copy(schema=schema, target_table=target_table, **kw)
  
      def _copy(self, schema=None, target_table=None, **kw):
          fkc = ForeignKeyConstraint(
              [x.parent.key for x in self.elements],
              [
                  x._get_colspec(
                      schema=schema,
                      table_name=target_table.name
                      if target_table is not None
                      and x._table_key() == x.parent.table.key
                      else None,
                  )
                  for x in self.elements
              ],
              name=self.name,
              onupdate=self.onupdate,
              ondelete=self.ondelete,
              use_alter=self.use_alter,
              deferrable=self.deferrable,
              initially=self.initially,
              link_to_name=self.link_to_name,
              match=self.match,
          )
          for self_fk, other_fk in zip(self.elements, fkc.elements):
              self_fk._schema_item_copy(other_fk)
          return self._schema_item_copy(fkc)
  
  
  class PrimaryKeyConstraint(ColumnCollectionConstraint):
      """A table-level PRIMARY KEY constraint.
  
      The :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` object is present automatically
      on any :class:`_schema.Table` object; it is assigned a set of
      :class:`_schema.Column` objects corresponding to those marked with
      the :paramref:`_schema.Column.primary_key` flag::
  
          >>> my_table = Table('mytable', metadata,
          ...                 Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True),
          ...                 Column('version_id', Integer, primary_key=True),
          ...                 Column('data', String(50))
          ...     )
          >>> my_table.primary_key
          PrimaryKeyConstraint(
              Column('id', Integer(), table=<mytable>,
                     primary_key=True, nullable=False),
              Column('version_id', Integer(), table=<mytable>,
                     primary_key=True, nullable=False)
          )
  
      The primary key of a :class:`_schema.Table` can also be specified by using
      a :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` object explicitly; in this mode of usage,
      the "name" of the constraint can also be specified, as well as other
      options which may be recognized by dialects::
  
          my_table = Table('mytable', metadata,
                      Column('id', Integer),
                      Column('version_id', Integer),
                      Column('data', String(50)),
                      PrimaryKeyConstraint('id', 'version_id',
                                           name='mytable_pk')
                  )
  
      The two styles of column-specification should generally not be mixed.
      An warning is emitted if the columns present in the
      :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint`
      don't match the columns that were marked as ``primary_key=True``, if both
      are present; in this case, the columns are taken strictly from the
      :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` declaration, and those columns otherwise
      marked as ``primary_key=True`` are ignored.  This behavior is intended to
      be backwards compatible with previous behavior.
  
      .. versionchanged:: 0.9.2  Using a mixture of columns within a
         :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` in addition to columns marked as
         ``primary_key=True`` now emits a warning if the lists don't match.
         The ultimate behavior of ignoring those columns marked with the flag
         only is currently maintained for backwards compatibility; this warning
         may raise an exception in a future release.
  
      For the use case where specific options are to be specified on the
      :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint`, but the usual style of using
      ``primary_key=True`` flags is still desirable, an empty
      :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` may be specified, which will take on the
      primary key column collection from the :class:`_schema.Table` based on the
      flags::
  
          my_table = Table('mytable', metadata,
                      Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True),
                      Column('version_id', Integer, primary_key=True),
                      Column('data', String(50)),
                      PrimaryKeyConstraint(name='mytable_pk',
                                           mssql_clustered=True)
                  )
  
      .. versionadded:: 0.9.2 an empty :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` may now
         be specified for the purposes of establishing keyword arguments with
         the constraint, independently of the specification of "primary key"
         columns within the :class:`_schema.Table` itself; columns marked as
         ``primary_key=True`` will be gathered into the empty constraint's
         column collection.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "primary_key_constraint"
  
      def __init__(self, *columns, **kw):
          self._implicit_generated = kw.pop("_implicit_generated", False)
          super(PrimaryKeyConstraint, self).__init__(*columns, **kw)
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, **kw):
          super(PrimaryKeyConstraint, self)._set_parent(table)
  
          if table.primary_key is not self:
              table.constraints.discard(table.primary_key)
              table.primary_key = self
              table.constraints.add(self)
  
          table_pks = [c for c in table.c if c.primary_key]
          if self.columns and table_pks and set(table_pks) != set(self.columns):
              util.warn(
                  "Table '%s' specifies columns %s as primary_key=True, "
                  "not matching locally specified columns %s; setting the "
                  "current primary key columns to %s. This warning "
                  "may become an exception in a future release"
                  % (
                      table.name,
                      ", ".join("'%s'" % c.name for c in table_pks),
                      ", ".join("'%s'" % c.name for c in self.columns),
                      ", ".join("'%s'" % c.name for c in self.columns),
                  )
              )
              table_pks[:] = []
  
          for c in self.columns:
              c.primary_key = True
              if c._user_defined_nullable is NULL_UNSPECIFIED:
                  c.nullable = False
          if table_pks:
              self.columns.extend(table_pks)
  
      def _reload(self, columns):
          """repopulate this :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` given
          a set of columns.
  
          Existing columns in the table that are marked as primary_key=True
          are maintained.
  
          Also fires a new event.
  
          This is basically like putting a whole new
          :class:`.PrimaryKeyConstraint` object on the parent
          :class:`_schema.Table` object without actually replacing the object.
  
          The ordering of the given list of columns is also maintained; these
          columns will be appended to the list of columns after any which
          are already present.
  
          """
          # set the primary key flag on new columns.
          # note any existing PK cols on the table also have their
          # flag still set.
          for col in columns:
              col.primary_key = True
  
          self.columns.extend(columns)
  
          PrimaryKeyConstraint._autoincrement_column._reset(self)
          self._set_parent_with_dispatch(self.table)
  
      def _replace(self, col):
          PrimaryKeyConstraint._autoincrement_column._reset(self)
          self.columns.replace(col)
  
          self.dispatch._sa_event_column_added_to_pk_constraint(self, col)
  
      @property
      def columns_autoinc_first(self):
          autoinc = self._autoincrement_column
  
          if autoinc is not None:
              return [autoinc] + [c for c in self.columns if c is not autoinc]
          else:
              return list(self.columns)
  
      @util.memoized_property
      def _autoincrement_column(self):
          def _validate_autoinc(col, autoinc_true):
              if col.type._type_affinity is None or not issubclass(
                  col.type._type_affinity, type_api.INTEGERTYPE._type_affinity
              ):
                  if autoinc_true:
                      raise exc.ArgumentError(
                          "Column type %s on column '%s' is not "
                          "compatible with autoincrement=True" % (col.type, col)
                      )
                  else:
                      return False
              elif (
                  not isinstance(col.default, (type(None), Sequence))
                  and not autoinc_true
              ):
                  return False
              elif (
                  col.server_default is not None
                  and not isinstance(col.server_default, Identity)
                  and not autoinc_true
              ):
                  return False
              elif col.foreign_keys and col.autoincrement not in (
                  True,
                  "ignore_fk",
              ):
                  return False
              return True
  
          if len(self.columns) == 1:
              col = list(self.columns)[0]
  
              if col.autoincrement is True:
                  _validate_autoinc(col, True)
                  return col
              elif (
                  col.autoincrement
                  in (
                      "auto",
                      "ignore_fk",
                  )
                  and _validate_autoinc(col, False)
              ):
                  return col
  
          else:
              autoinc = None
              for col in self.columns:
                  if col.autoincrement is True:
                      _validate_autoinc(col, True)
                      if autoinc is not None:
                          raise exc.ArgumentError(
                              "Only one Column may be marked "
                              "autoincrement=True, found both %s and %s."
                              % (col.name, autoinc.name)
                          )
                      else:
                          autoinc = col
  
              return autoinc
  
  
  class UniqueConstraint(ColumnCollectionConstraint):
      """A table-level UNIQUE constraint.
  
      Defines a single column or composite UNIQUE constraint. For a no-frills,
      single column constraint, adding ``unique=True`` to the ``Column``
      definition is a shorthand equivalent for an unnamed, single column
      UniqueConstraint.
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "unique_constraint"
  
  
  class Index(DialectKWArgs, ColumnCollectionMixin, SchemaItem):
      """A table-level INDEX.
  
      Defines a composite (one or more column) INDEX.
  
      E.g.::
  
          sometable = Table("sometable", metadata,
                          Column("name", String(50)),
                          Column("address", String(100))
                      )
  
          Index("some_index", sometable.c.name)
  
      For a no-frills, single column index, adding
      :class:`_schema.Column` also supports ``index=True``::
  
          sometable = Table("sometable", metadata,
                          Column("name", String(50), index=True)
                      )
  
      For a composite index, multiple columns can be specified::
  
          Index("some_index", sometable.c.name, sometable.c.address)
  
      Functional indexes are supported as well, typically by using the
      :data:`.func` construct in conjunction with table-bound
      :class:`_schema.Column` objects::
  
          Index("some_index", func.lower(sometable.c.name))
  
      An :class:`.Index` can also be manually associated with a
      :class:`_schema.Table`,
      either through inline declaration or using
      :meth:`_schema.Table.append_constraint`.  When this approach is used,
      the names
      of the indexed columns can be specified as strings::
  
          Table("sometable", metadata,
                          Column("name", String(50)),
                          Column("address", String(100)),
                          Index("some_index", "name", "address")
                  )
  
      To support functional or expression-based indexes in this form, the
      :func:`_expression.text` construct may be used::
  
          from sqlalchemy import text
  
          Table("sometable", metadata,
                          Column("name", String(50)),
                          Column("address", String(100)),
                          Index("some_index", text("lower(name)"))
                  )
  
      .. versionadded:: 0.9.5 the :func:`_expression.text`
         construct may be used to
         specify :class:`.Index` expressions, provided the :class:`.Index`
         is explicitly associated with the :class:`_schema.Table`.
  
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`schema_indexes` - General information on :class:`.Index`.
  
          :ref:`postgresql_indexes` - PostgreSQL-specific options available for
          the :class:`.Index` construct.
  
          :ref:`mysql_indexes` - MySQL-specific options available for the
          :class:`.Index` construct.
  
          :ref:`mssql_indexes` - MSSQL-specific options available for the
          :class:`.Index` construct.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "index"
  
      def __init__(self, name, *expressions, **kw):
          r"""Construct an index object.
  
          :param name:
            The name of the index
  
          :param \*expressions:
            Column expressions to include in the index.   The expressions
            are normally instances of :class:`_schema.Column`, but may also
            be arbitrary SQL expressions which ultimately refer to a
            :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
          :param unique=False:
              Keyword only argument; if True, create a unique index.
  
          :param quote=None:
              Keyword only argument; whether to apply quoting to the name of
              the index.  Works in the same manner as that of
              :paramref:`_schema.Column.quote`.
  
          :param info=None: Optional data dictionary which will be populated
              into the :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          :param \**kw: Additional keyword arguments not mentioned above are
              dialect specific, and passed in the form
              ``<dialectname>_<argname>``. See the documentation regarding an
              individual dialect at :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on
              documented arguments.
  
          """
          self.table = table = None
  
          self.name = quoted_name(name, kw.pop("quote", None))
          self.unique = kw.pop("unique", False)
          _column_flag = kw.pop("_column_flag", False)
          if "info" in kw:
              self.info = kw.pop("info")
  
          # TODO: consider "table" argument being public, but for
          # the purpose of the fix here, it starts as private.
          if "_table" in kw:
              table = kw.pop("_table")
  
          self._validate_dialect_kwargs(kw)
  
          self.expressions = []
          # will call _set_parent() if table-bound column
          # objects are present
          ColumnCollectionMixin.__init__(
              self,
              *expressions,
              _column_flag=_column_flag,
              _gather_expressions=self.expressions
          )
  
          if table is not None:
              self._set_parent(table)
  
      def _set_parent(self, table, **kw):
          ColumnCollectionMixin._set_parent(self, table)
  
          if self.table is not None and table is not self.table:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "Index '%s' is against table '%s', and "
                  "cannot be associated with table '%s'."
                  % (self.name, self.table.description, table.description)
              )
          self.table = table
          table.indexes.add(self)
  
          expressions = self.expressions
          col_expressions = self._col_expressions(table)
          assert len(expressions) == len(col_expressions)
          self.expressions = [
              expr if isinstance(expr, ClauseElement) else colexpr
              for expr, colexpr in zip(expressions, col_expressions)
          ]
  
      @property
      def bind(self):
          """Return the connectable associated with this Index."""
  
          return self.table.bind
  
      def create(self, bind=None, checkfirst=False):
          """Issue a ``CREATE`` statement for this
          :class:`.Index`, using the given :class:`.Connectable`
          for connectivity.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_schema.MetaData.create_all`.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaGenerator, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
          return self
  
      def drop(self, bind=None, checkfirst=False):
          """Issue a ``DROP`` statement for this
          :class:`.Index`, using the given :class:`.Connectable`
          for connectivity.
  
          .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
             SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :meth:`_schema.MetaData.drop_all`.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaDropper, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
  
      def __repr__(self):
          return "Index(%s)" % (
              ", ".join(
                  [repr(self.name)]
                  + [repr(e) for e in self.expressions]
                  + (self.unique and ["unique=True"] or [])
              )
          )
  
  
  DEFAULT_NAMING_CONVENTION = util.immutabledict({"ix": "ix_%(column_0_label)s"})
  
  
  class MetaData(SchemaItem):
      """A collection of :class:`_schema.Table`
      objects and their associated schema
      constructs.
  
      Holds a collection of :class:`_schema.Table` objects as well as
      an optional binding to an :class:`_engine.Engine` or
      :class:`_engine.Connection`.  If bound, the :class:`_schema.Table` objects
      in the collection and their columns may participate in implicit SQL
      execution.
  
      The :class:`_schema.Table` objects themselves are stored in the
      :attr:`_schema.MetaData.tables` dictionary.
  
      :class:`_schema.MetaData` is a thread-safe object for read operations.
      Construction of new tables within a single :class:`_schema.MetaData`
      object,
      either explicitly or via reflection, may not be completely thread-safe.
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`metadata_describing` - Introduction to database metadata
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "metadata"
  
      @util.deprecated_params(
          bind=(
              "2.0",
              "The :paramref:`_schema.MetaData.bind` argument is deprecated and "
              "will be removed in SQLAlchemy 2.0.",
          ),
      )
      def __init__(
          self,
          bind=None,
          schema=None,
          quote_schema=None,
          naming_convention=None,
          info=None,
      ):
          """Create a new MetaData object.
  
          :param bind:
            An Engine or Connection to bind to.  May also be a string or URL
            instance, these are passed to :func:`_sa.create_engine` and
            this :class:`_schema.MetaData` will
            be bound to the resulting engine.
  
          :param schema:
             The default schema to use for the :class:`_schema.Table`,
             :class:`.Sequence`, and potentially other objects associated with
             this :class:`_schema.MetaData`. Defaults to ``None``.
  
             .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`schema_metadata_schema_name` - details on how the
                  :paramref:`_schema.MetaData.schema` parameter is used.
  
                  :paramref:`_schema.Table.schema`
  
                  :paramref:`.Sequence.schema`
  
          :param quote_schema:
              Sets the ``quote_schema`` flag for those :class:`_schema.Table`,
              :class:`.Sequence`, and other objects which make usage of the
              local ``schema`` name.
  
          :param info: Optional data dictionary which will be populated into the
              :attr:`.SchemaItem.info` attribute of this object.
  
              .. versionadded:: 1.0.0
  
          :param naming_convention: a dictionary referring to values which
            will establish default naming conventions for :class:`.Constraint`
            and :class:`.Index` objects, for those objects which are not given
            a name explicitly.
  
            The keys of this dictionary may be:
  
            * a constraint or Index class, e.g. the :class:`.UniqueConstraint`,
              :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint` class, the :class:`.Index`
              class
  
            * a string mnemonic for one of the known constraint classes;
              ``"fk"``, ``"pk"``, ``"ix"``, ``"ck"``, ``"uq"`` for foreign key,
              primary key, index, check, and unique constraint, respectively.
  
            * the string name of a user-defined "token" that can be used
              to define new naming tokens.
  
            The values associated with each "constraint class" or "constraint
            mnemonic" key are string naming templates, such as
            ``"uq_%(table_name)s_%(column_0_name)s"``,
            which describe how the name should be composed.  The values
            associated with user-defined "token" keys should be callables of the
            form ``fn(constraint, table)``, which accepts the constraint/index
            object and :class:`_schema.Table` as arguments, returning a string
            result.
  
            The built-in names are as follows, some of which may only be
            available for certain types of constraint:
  
              * ``%(table_name)s`` - the name of the :class:`_schema.Table`
                object
                associated with the constraint.
  
              * ``%(referred_table_name)s`` - the name of the
                :class:`_schema.Table`
                object associated with the referencing target of a
                :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
              * ``%(column_0_name)s`` - the name of the :class:`_schema.Column`
                at
                index position "0" within the constraint.
  
              * ``%(column_0N_name)s`` - the name of all :class:`_schema.Column`
                objects in order within the constraint, joined without a
                separator.
  
              * ``%(column_0_N_name)s`` - the name of all
                :class:`_schema.Column`
                objects in order within the constraint, joined with an
                underscore as a separator.
  
              * ``%(column_0_label)s``, ``%(column_0N_label)s``,
                ``%(column_0_N_label)s`` - the label of either the zeroth
                :class:`_schema.Column` or all :class:`.Columns`, separated with
                or without an underscore
  
              * ``%(column_0_key)s``, ``%(column_0N_key)s``,
                ``%(column_0_N_key)s`` - the key of either the zeroth
                :class:`_schema.Column` or all :class:`.Columns`, separated with
                or without an underscore
  
              * ``%(referred_column_0_name)s``, ``%(referred_column_0N_name)s``
                ``%(referred_column_0_N_name)s``,  ``%(referred_column_0_key)s``,
                ``%(referred_column_0N_key)s``, ...  column tokens which
                render the names/keys/labels of columns that are referenced
                by a  :class:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint`.
  
              * ``%(constraint_name)s`` - a special key that refers to the
                existing name given to the constraint.  When this key is
                present, the :class:`.Constraint` object's existing name will be
                replaced with one that is composed from template string that
                uses this token. When this token is present, it is required that
                the :class:`.Constraint` is given an explicit name ahead of time.
  
              * user-defined: any additional token may be implemented by passing
                it along with a ``fn(constraint, table)`` callable to the
                naming_convention dictionary.
  
            .. versionadded:: 1.3.0 - added new ``%(column_0N_name)s``,
               ``%(column_0_N_name)s``, and related tokens that produce
               concatenations of names, keys, or labels for all columns referred
               to by a given constraint.
  
            .. seealso::
  
                  :ref:`constraint_naming_conventions` - for detailed usage
                  examples.
  
          """
          self.tables = util.FacadeDict()
          self.schema = quoted_name(schema, quote_schema)
          self.naming_convention = (
              naming_convention
              if naming_convention
              else DEFAULT_NAMING_CONVENTION
          )
          if info:
              self.info = info
          self._schemas = set()
          self._sequences = {}
          self._fk_memos = collections.defaultdict(list)
  
          self.bind = bind
  
      tables = None
      """A dictionary of :class:`_schema.Table`
      objects keyed to their name or "table key".
  
      The exact key is that determined by the :attr:`_schema.Table.key`
      attribute;
      for a table with no :attr:`_schema.Table.schema` attribute,
      this is the same
      as :attr:`_schema.Table.name`.  For a table with a schema,
      it is typically of the
      form ``schemaname.tablename``.
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :attr:`_schema.MetaData.sorted_tables`
  
      """
  
      def __repr__(self):
          if self.bind:
              return "MetaData(bind=%r)" % self.bind
          else:
              return "MetaData()"
  
      def __contains__(self, table_or_key):
          if not isinstance(table_or_key, util.string_types):
              table_or_key = table_or_key.key
          return table_or_key in self.tables
  
      def _add_table(self, name, schema, table):
          key = _get_table_key(name, schema)
          self.tables._insert_item(key, table)
          if schema:
              self._schemas.add(schema)
  
      def _remove_table(self, name, schema):
          key = _get_table_key(name, schema)
          removed = dict.pop(self.tables, key, None)
          if removed is not None:
              for fk in removed.foreign_keys:
                  fk._remove_from_metadata(self)
          if self._schemas:
              self._schemas = set(
                  [
                      t.schema
                      for t in self.tables.values()
                      if t.schema is not None
                  ]
              )
  
      def __getstate__(self):
          return {
              "tables": self.tables,
              "schema": self.schema,
              "schemas": self._schemas,
              "sequences": self._sequences,
              "fk_memos": self._fk_memos,
              "naming_convention": self.naming_convention,
          }
  
      def __setstate__(self, state):
          self.tables = state["tables"]
          self.schema = state["schema"]
          self.naming_convention = state["naming_convention"]
          self._bind = None
          self._sequences = state["sequences"]
          self._schemas = state["schemas"]
          self._fk_memos = state["fk_memos"]
  
      def is_bound(self):
          """True if this MetaData is bound to an Engine or Connection."""
  
          return self._bind is not None
  
      def bind(self):
          """An :class:`_engine.Engine` or :class:`_engine.Connection`
          to which this
          :class:`_schema.MetaData` is bound.
  
          Typically, a :class:`_engine.Engine` is assigned to this attribute
          so that "implicit execution" may be used, or alternatively
          as a means of providing engine binding information to an
          ORM :class:`.Session` object::
  
              engine = create_engine("someurl://")
              metadata.bind = engine
  
          .. deprecated :: 1.4
  
              The metadata.bind attribute, as part of the deprecated system
              of "implicit execution", is itself deprecated and will be
              removed in SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          .. seealso::
  
             :ref:`dbengine_implicit` - background on "bound metadata"
  
          """
          return self._bind
  
      @util.preload_module("sqlalchemy.engine.url")
      def _bind_to(self, bind):
          """Bind this MetaData to an Engine, Connection, string or URL."""
          url = util.preloaded.engine_url
          if isinstance(bind, util.string_types + (url.URL,)):
              self._bind = sqlalchemy.create_engine(bind)
          else:
              self._bind = bind
  
      bind = property(bind, _bind_to)
  
      def clear(self):
          """Clear all Table objects from this MetaData."""
  
          dict.clear(self.tables)
          self._schemas.clear()
          self._fk_memos.clear()
  
      def remove(self, table):
          """Remove the given Table object from this MetaData."""
  
          self._remove_table(table.name, table.schema)
  
      @property
      def sorted_tables(self):
          """Returns a list of :class:`_schema.Table` objects sorted in order of
          foreign key dependency.
  
          The sorting will place :class:`_schema.Table`
          objects that have dependencies
          first, before the dependencies themselves, representing the
          order in which they can be created.   To get the order in which
          the tables would be dropped, use the ``reversed()`` Python built-in.
  
          .. warning::
  
              The :attr:`.MetaData.sorted_tables` attribute cannot by itself
              accommodate automatic resolution of dependency cycles between
              tables, which are usually caused by mutually dependent foreign key
              constraints. When these cycles are detected, the foreign keys
              of these tables are omitted from consideration in the sort.
              A warning is emitted when this condition occurs, which will be an
              exception raise in a future release.   Tables which are not part
              of the cycle will still be returned in dependency order.
  
              To resolve these cycles, the
              :paramref:`_schema.ForeignKeyConstraint.use_alter` parameter may be
              applied to those constraints which create a cycle.  Alternatively,
              the :func:`_schema.sort_tables_and_constraints` function will
              automatically return foreign key constraints in a separate
              collection when cycles are detected so that they may be applied
              to a schema separately.
  
              .. versionchanged:: 1.3.17 - a warning is emitted when
                 :attr:`.MetaData.sorted_tables` cannot perform a proper sort
                 due to cyclical dependencies.  This will be an exception in a
                 future release.  Additionally, the sort will continue to return
                 other tables not involved in the cycle in dependency order which
                 was not the case previously.
  
          .. seealso::
  
              :func:`_schema.sort_tables`
  
              :func:`_schema.sort_tables_and_constraints`
  
              :attr:`_schema.MetaData.tables`
  
              :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_table_names`
  
              :meth:`_reflection.Inspector.get_sorted_table_and_fkc_names`
  
  
          """
          return ddl.sort_tables(
              sorted(self.tables.values(), key=lambda t: t.key)
          )
  
      def reflect(
          self,
          bind=None,
          schema=None,
          views=False,
          only=None,
          extend_existing=False,
          autoload_replace=True,
          resolve_fks=True,
          **dialect_kwargs
      ):
          r"""Load all available table definitions from the database.
  
          Automatically creates ``Table`` entries in this ``MetaData`` for any
          table available in the database but not yet present in the
          ``MetaData``.  May be called multiple times to pick up tables recently
          added to the database, however no special action is taken if a table
          in this ``MetaData`` no longer exists in the database.
  
          :param bind:
            A :class:`.Connectable` used to access the database; if None, uses
            the existing bind on this ``MetaData``, if any.
  
            .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
               SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          :param schema:
            Optional, query and reflect tables from an alternate schema.
            If None, the schema associated with this :class:`_schema.MetaData`
            is used, if any.
  
          :param views:
            If True, also reflect views.
  
          :param only:
            Optional.  Load only a sub-set of available named tables.  May be
            specified as a sequence of names or a callable.
  
            If a sequence of names is provided, only those tables will be
            reflected.  An error is raised if a table is requested but not
            available.  Named tables already present in this ``MetaData`` are
            ignored.
  
            If a callable is provided, it will be used as a boolean predicate to
            filter the list of potential table names.  The callable is called
            with a table name and this ``MetaData`` instance as positional
            arguments and should return a true value for any table to reflect.
  
          :param extend_existing: Passed along to each :class:`_schema.Table` as
            :paramref:`_schema.Table.extend_existing`.
  
            .. versionadded:: 0.9.1
  
          :param autoload_replace: Passed along to each :class:`_schema.Table`
            as
            :paramref:`_schema.Table.autoload_replace`.
  
            .. versionadded:: 0.9.1
  
          :param resolve_fks: if True, reflect :class:`_schema.Table`
           objects linked
           to :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` objects located in each
           :class:`_schema.Table`.
           For :meth:`_schema.MetaData.reflect`,
           this has the effect of reflecting
           related tables that might otherwise not be in the list of tables
           being reflected, for example if the referenced table is in a
           different schema or is omitted via the
           :paramref:`.MetaData.reflect.only` parameter.  When False,
           :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` objects are not followed to the
           :class:`_schema.Table`
           in which they link, however if the related table is also part of the
           list of tables that would be reflected in any case, the
           :class:`_schema.ForeignKey` object will still resolve to its related
           :class:`_schema.Table` after the :meth:`_schema.MetaData.reflect`
           operation is
           complete.   Defaults to True.
  
           .. versionadded:: 1.3.0
  
           .. seealso::
  
              :paramref:`_schema.Table.resolve_fks`
  
          :param \**dialect_kwargs: Additional keyword arguments not mentioned
           above are dialect specific, and passed in the form
           ``<dialectname>_<argname>``.  See the documentation regarding an
           individual dialect at :ref:`dialect_toplevel` for detail on
           documented arguments.
  
            .. versionadded:: 0.9.2 - Added
               :paramref:`.MetaData.reflect.**dialect_kwargs` to support
               dialect-level reflection options for all :class:`_schema.Table`
               objects reflected.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
  
          with inspection.inspect(bind)._inspection_context() as insp:
              reflect_opts = {
                  "autoload_with": insp,
                  "extend_existing": extend_existing,
                  "autoload_replace": autoload_replace,
                  "resolve_fks": resolve_fks,
                  "_extend_on": set(),
              }
  
              reflect_opts.update(dialect_kwargs)
  
              if schema is None:
                  schema = self.schema
  
              if schema is not None:
                  reflect_opts["schema"] = schema
  
              available = util.OrderedSet(insp.get_table_names(schema))
              if views:
                  available.update(insp.get_view_names(schema))
  
              if schema is not None:
                  available_w_schema = util.OrderedSet(
                      ["%s.%s" % (schema, name) for name in available]
                  )
              else:
                  available_w_schema = available
  
              current = set(self.tables)
  
              if only is None:
                  load = [
                      name
                      for name, schname in zip(available, available_w_schema)
                      if extend_existing or schname not in current
                  ]
              elif callable(only):
                  load = [
                      name
                      for name, schname in zip(available, available_w_schema)
                      if (extend_existing or schname not in current)
                      and only(name, self)
                  ]
              else:
                  missing = [name for name in only if name not in available]
                  if missing:
                      s = schema and (" schema '%s'" % schema) or ""
                      raise exc.InvalidRequestError(
                          "Could not reflect: requested table(s) not available "
                          "in %r%s: (%s)" % (bind.engine, s, ", ".join(missing))
                      )
                  load = [
                      name
                      for name in only
                      if extend_existing or name not in current
                  ]
  
              for name in load:
                  try:
                      Table(name, self, **reflect_opts)
                  except exc.UnreflectableTableError as uerr:
                      util.warn("Skipping table %s: %s" % (name, uerr))
  
      def create_all(self, bind=None, tables=None, checkfirst=True):
          """Create all tables stored in this metadata.
  
          Conditional by default, will not attempt to recreate tables already
          present in the target database.
  
          :param bind:
            A :class:`.Connectable` used to access the
            database; if None, uses the existing bind on this ``MetaData``, if
            any.
  
            .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
               SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          :param tables:
            Optional list of ``Table`` objects, which is a subset of the total
            tables in the ``MetaData`` (others are ignored).
  
          :param checkfirst:
            Defaults to True, don't issue CREATEs for tables already present
            in the target database.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(
              ddl.SchemaGenerator, self, checkfirst=checkfirst, tables=tables
          )
  
      def drop_all(self, bind=None, tables=None, checkfirst=True):
          """Drop all tables stored in this metadata.
  
          Conditional by default, will not attempt to drop tables not present in
          the target database.
  
          :param bind:
            A :class:`.Connectable` used to access the
            database; if None, uses the existing bind on this ``MetaData``, if
            any.
  
            .. note:: the "bind" argument will be required in
               SQLAlchemy 2.0.
  
          :param tables:
            Optional list of ``Table`` objects, which is a subset of the
            total tables in the ``MetaData`` (others are ignored).
  
          :param checkfirst:
            Defaults to True, only issue DROPs for tables confirmed to be
            present in the target database.
  
          """
          if bind is None:
              bind = _bind_or_error(self)
          bind._run_ddl_visitor(
              ddl.SchemaDropper, self, checkfirst=checkfirst, tables=tables
          )
  
  
  @util.deprecated_cls(
      "1.4",
      ":class:`.ThreadLocalMetaData` is deprecated and will be removed "
      "in a future release.",
      constructor="__init__",
  )
  class ThreadLocalMetaData(MetaData):
      """A MetaData variant that presents a different ``bind`` in every thread.
  
      Makes the ``bind`` property of the MetaData a thread-local value, allowing
      this collection of tables to be bound to different ``Engine``
      implementations or connections in each thread.
  
      The ThreadLocalMetaData starts off bound to None in each thread.  Binds
      must be made explicitly by assigning to the ``bind`` property or using
      ``connect()``.  You can also re-bind dynamically multiple times per
      thread, just like a regular ``MetaData``.
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "metadata"
  
      def __init__(self):
          """Construct a ThreadLocalMetaData."""
  
          self.context = util.threading.local()
          self.__engines = {}
          super(ThreadLocalMetaData, self).__init__()
  
      def bind(self):
          """The bound Engine or Connection for this thread.
  
          This property may be assigned an Engine or Connection, or assigned a
          string or URL to automatically create a basic Engine for this bind
          with ``create_engine()``."""
  
          return getattr(self.context, "_engine", None)
  
      @util.preload_module("sqlalchemy.engine.url")
      def _bind_to(self, bind):
          """Bind to a Connectable in the caller's thread."""
          url = util.preloaded.engine_url
          if isinstance(bind, util.string_types + (url.URL,)):
              try:
                  self.context._engine = self.__engines[bind]
              except KeyError:
                  e = sqlalchemy.create_engine(bind)
                  self.__engines[bind] = e
                  self.context._engine = e
          else:
              # TODO: this is squirrely.  we shouldn't have to hold onto engines
              # in a case like this
              if bind not in self.__engines:
                  self.__engines[bind] = bind
              self.context._engine = bind
  
      bind = property(bind, _bind_to)
  
      def is_bound(self):
          """True if there is a bind for this thread."""
          return (
              hasattr(self.context, "_engine")
              and self.context._engine is not None
          )
  
      def dispose(self):
          """Dispose all bound engines, in all thread contexts."""
  
          for e in self.__engines.values():
              if hasattr(e, "dispose"):
                  e.dispose()
  
  
  class Computed(FetchedValue, SchemaItem):
      """Defines a generated column, i.e. "GENERATED ALWAYS AS" syntax.
  
      The :class:`.Computed` construct is an inline construct added to the
      argument list of a :class:`_schema.Column` object::
  
          from sqlalchemy import Computed
  
          Table('square', meta,
              Column('side', Float, nullable=False),
              Column('area', Float, Computed('side * side'))
          )
  
      See the linked documentation below for complete details.
  
      .. versionadded:: 1.3.11
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`computed_ddl`
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "computed_column"
  
      @_document_text_coercion(
          "sqltext", ":class:`.Computed`", ":paramref:`.Computed.sqltext`"
      )
      def __init__(self, sqltext, persisted=None):
          """Construct a GENERATED ALWAYS AS DDL construct to accompany a
          :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
          :param sqltext:
            A string containing the column generation expression, which will be
            used verbatim, or a SQL expression construct, such as a
            :func:`_expression.text`
            object.   If given as a string, the object is converted to a
            :func:`_expression.text` object.
  
          :param persisted:
            Optional, controls how this column should be persisted by the
            database.   Possible values are:
  
            * ``None``, the default, it will use the default persistence
              defined by the database.
            * ``True``, will render ``GENERATED ALWAYS AS ... STORED``, or the
              equivalent for the target database if supported.
            * ``False``, will render ``GENERATED ALWAYS AS ... VIRTUAL``, or
              the equivalent for the target database if supported.
  
            Specifying ``True`` or ``False`` may raise an error when the DDL
            is emitted to the target database if the database does not support
            that persistence option.   Leaving this parameter at its default
            of ``None`` is guaranteed to succeed for all databases that support
            ``GENERATED ALWAYS AS``.
  
          """
          self.sqltext = coercions.expect(roles.DDLExpressionRole, sqltext)
          self.persisted = persisted
          self.column = None
  
      def _set_parent(self, parent, **kw):
          if not isinstance(
              parent.server_default, (type(None), Computed)
          ) or not isinstance(parent.server_onupdate, (type(None), Computed)):
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "A generated column cannot specify a server_default or a "
                  "server_onupdate argument"
              )
          self.column = parent
          parent.computed = self
          self.column.server_onupdate = self
          self.column.server_default = self
  
      def _as_for_update(self, for_update):
          return self
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.Computed.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          return self._copy(target_table, **kw)
  
      def _copy(self, target_table=None, **kw):
          sqltext = _copy_expression(
              self.sqltext,
              self.column.table if self.column is not None else None,
              target_table,
          )
          g = Computed(sqltext, persisted=self.persisted)
  
          return self._schema_item_copy(g)
  
  
  class Identity(IdentityOptions, FetchedValue, SchemaItem):
      """Defines an identity column, i.e. "GENERATED { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT }
      AS IDENTITY" syntax.
  
      The :class:`.Identity` construct is an inline construct added to the
      argument list of a :class:`_schema.Column` object::
  
          from sqlalchemy import Identity
  
          Table('foo', meta,
              Column('id', Integer, Identity())
              Column('description', Text),
          )
  
      See the linked documentation below for complete details.
  
      .. versionadded:: 1.4
  
      .. seealso::
  
          :ref:`identity_ddl`
  
      """
  
      __visit_name__ = "identity_column"
  
      def __init__(
          self,
          always=False,
          on_null=None,
          start=None,
          increment=None,
          minvalue=None,
          maxvalue=None,
          nominvalue=None,
          nomaxvalue=None,
          cycle=None,
          cache=None,
          order=None,
      ):
          """Construct a GENERATED { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT } AS IDENTITY DDL
          construct to accompany a :class:`_schema.Column`.
  
          See the :class:`.Sequence` documentation for a complete description
          of most parameters.
  
          .. note::
              MSSQL supports this construct as the preferred alternative to
              generate an IDENTITY on a column, but it uses non standard
              syntax that only support :paramref:`_schema.Identity.start`
              and :paramref:`_schema.Identity.increment`.
              All other parameters are ignored.
  
          :param always:
            A boolean, that indicates the type of identity column.
            If ``False`` is specified, the default, then the user-specified
            value takes precedence.
            If ``True`` is specified, a user-specified value is not accepted (
            on some backends, like PostgreSQL, OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE, or
            similar, may be specified in an INSERT to override the sequence
            value).
            Some backends also have a default value for this parameter,
            ``None`` can be used to omit rendering this part in the DDL. It
            will be treated as ``False`` if a backend does not have a default
            value.
  
          :param on_null:
            Set to ``True`` to specify ON NULL in conjunction with a
            ``always=False`` identity column. This option is only supported on
            some backends, like Oracle.
  
          :param start: the starting index of the sequence.
          :param increment: the increment value of the sequence.
          :param minvalue: the minimum value of the sequence.
          :param maxvalue: the maximum value of the sequence.
          :param nominvalue: no minimum value of the sequence.
          :param nomaxvalue: no maximum value of the sequence.
          :param cycle: allows the sequence to wrap around when the maxvalue
           or minvalue has been reached.
          :param cache: optional integer value; number of future values in the
           sequence which are calculated in advance.
          :param order: optional boolean value; if true, renders the
           ORDER keyword.
  
          """
          IdentityOptions.__init__(
              self,
              start=start,
              increment=increment,
              minvalue=minvalue,
              maxvalue=maxvalue,
              nominvalue=nominvalue,
              nomaxvalue=nomaxvalue,
              cycle=cycle,
              cache=cache,
              order=order,
          )
          self.always = always
          self.on_null = on_null
          self.column = None
  
      def _set_parent(self, parent, **kw):
          if not isinstance(
              parent.server_default, (type(None), Identity)
          ) or not isinstance(parent.server_onupdate, type(None)):
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "A column with an Identity object cannot specify a "
                  "server_default or a server_onupdate argument"
              )
          if parent.autoincrement is False:
              raise exc.ArgumentError(
                  "A column with an Identity object cannot specify "
                  "autoincrement=False"
              )
          self.column = parent
  
          parent.identity = self
          if parent._user_defined_nullable is NULL_UNSPECIFIED:
              parent.nullable = False
  
          parent.server_default = self
  
      def _as_for_update(self, for_update):
          return self
  
      @util.deprecated(
          "1.4",
          "The :meth:`_schema.Identity.copy` method is deprecated "
          "and will be removed in a future release.",
      )
      def copy(self, **kw):
          return self._copy(**kw)
  
      def _copy(self, **kw):
          i = Identity(
              always=self.always,
              on_null=self.on_null,
              start=self.start,
              increment=self.increment,
              minvalue=self.minvalue,
              maxvalue=self.maxvalue,
              nominvalue=self.nominvalue,
              nomaxvalue=self.nomaxvalue,
              cycle=self.cycle,
              cache=self.cache,
              order=self.order,
          )
  
          return self._schema_item_copy(i)
  