psycopg2/doc/src/extras.rst
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`psycopg2.extras` -- Miscellaneous goodies for Psycopg 2
=============================================================
.. sectionauthor:: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
.. module:: psycopg2.extras
.. testsetup::
import psycopg2.extras
from psycopg2.extras import Inet
create_test_table()
This module is a generic place used to hold little helper functions and
classes until a better place in the distribution is found.
.. index::
pair: Cursor; Dictionary
.. _dict-cursor:
Connection and cursor subclasses
--------------------------------
A few objects that change the way the results are returned by the cursor or
modify the object behavior in some other way. Typically `!connection`
subclasses are passed as *connection_factory* argument to
`~psycopg2.connect()` so that the connection will generate the matching
`!cursor` subclass. Alternatively a `!cursor` subclass can be used one-off by
passing it as the *cursor_factory* argument to the `~connection.cursor()`
method of a regular `!connection`.
Dictionary-like cursor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The dict cursors allow to access to the retrieved records using an iterface
similar to the Python dictionaries instead of the tuples.
>>> dict_cur = conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
>>> dict_cur.execute("INSERT INTO test (num, data) VALUES(%s, %s)",
... (100, "abc'def"))
>>> dict_cur.execute("SELECT * FROM test")
>>> rec = dict_cur.fetchone()
>>> rec['id']
1
>>> rec['num']
100
>>> rec['data']
"abc'def"
The records still support indexing as the original tuple:
>>> rec[2]
"abc'def"
.. autoclass:: DictCursor
.. autoclass:: DictConnection
.. autoclass:: DictRow
Real dictionary cursor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. autoclass:: RealDictCursor
.. autoclass:: RealDictConnection
.. autoclass:: RealDictRow
.. index::
pair: Cursor; namedtuple
`namedtuple` cursor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.3
These objects require :py:func:`collections.namedtuple` to be found, so it is
available out-of-the-box only from Python 2.6. Anyway, the namedtuple
implementation is compatible with previous Python versions, so all you
have to do is to `download it`__ and make it available where we
expect it to be... ::
from somewhere import namedtuple
import collections
collections.namedtuple = namedtuple
from psycopg.extras import NamedTupleConnection
# ...
.. __: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/500261-named-tuples/
.. autoclass:: NamedTupleCursor
.. autoclass:: NamedTupleConnection
.. index::
pair: Cursor; Logging
Logging cursor
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. autoclass:: LoggingConnection
:members: initialize,filter
.. autoclass:: LoggingCursor
.. autoclass:: MinTimeLoggingConnection
:members: initialize,filter
.. autoclass:: MinTimeLoggingCursor
.. index::
single: Data types; Additional
Additional data types
---------------------
.. _adapt-hstore:
.. index::
pair: hstore; Data types
pair: dict; Adaptation
Hstore data type
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.3
The |hstore|_ data type is a key-value store embedded in PostgreSQL. It has
been available for several server versions but with the release 9.0 it has
been greatly improved in capacity and usefulness with the addiction of many
functions. It supports GiST or GIN indexes allowing search by keys or
key/value pairs as well as regular BTree indexes for equality, uniqueness etc.
Psycopg can convert Python `!dict` objects to and from |hstore| structures.
Only dictionaries with string/unicode keys and values are supported. `!None`
is also allowed as value but not as a key. Psycopg uses a more efficient |hstore|
representation when dealing with PostgreSQL 9.0 but previous server versions
are supported as well. By default the adapter/typecaster are disabled: they
can be enabled using the `register_hstore()` function.
.. autofunction:: register_hstore
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
added the *oid* parameter. If not specified, the typecaster is
installed also if |hstore| is not installed in the :sql:`public`
schema.
.. versionchanged:: 2.4.3
added support for |hstore| array.
.. |hstore| replace:: :sql:`hstore`
.. _hstore: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/hstore.html
.. _adapt-composite:
.. index::
pair: Composite types; Data types
pair: tuple; Adaptation
pair: namedtuple; Adaptation
Composite types casting
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.4
Using `register_composite()` it is possible to cast a PostgreSQL composite
type (either created with the |CREATE TYPE|_ command or implicitly defined
after a table row type) into a Python named tuple, or into a regular tuple if
:py:func:`collections.namedtuple` is not found.
.. |CREATE TYPE| replace:: :sql:`CREATE TYPE`
.. _CREATE TYPE: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createtype.html
.. doctest::
>>> cur.execute("CREATE TYPE card AS (value int, suit text);")
>>> psycopg2.extras.register_composite('card', cur)
<psycopg2.extras.CompositeCaster object at 0x...>
>>> cur.execute("select (8, 'hearts')::card")
>>> cur.fetchone()[0]
card(value=8, suit='hearts')
Nested composite types are handled as expected, provided that the type of the
composite components are registered as well.
.. doctest::
>>> cur.execute("CREATE TYPE card_back AS (face card, back text);")
>>> psycopg2.extras.register_composite('card_back', cur)
<psycopg2.extras.CompositeCaster object at 0x...>
>>> cur.execute("select ((8, 'hearts'), 'blue')::card_back")
>>> cur.fetchone()[0]
card_back(face=card(value=8, suit='hearts'), back='blue')
Adaptation from Python tuples to composite types is automatic instead and
requires no adapter registration.
.. _custom-composite:
.. Note::
If you want to convert PostgreSQL composite types into something different
than a `!namedtuple` you can subclass the `CompositeCaster` overriding
`~CompositeCaster.make()`. For example, if you want to convert your type
into a Python dictionary you can use::
>>> class DictComposite(psycopg2.extras.CompositeCaster):
... def make(self, values):
... return dict(zip(self.attnames, values))
>>> psycopg2.extras.register_composite('card', cur,
... factory=DictComposite)
>>> cur.execute("select (8, 'hearts')::card")
>>> cur.fetchone()[0]
{'suit': 'hearts', 'value': 8}
.. autofunction:: register_composite
.. versionchanged:: 2.4.3
added support for array of composite types
.. versionchanged:: 2.4.6
added the *factory* parameter
.. autoclass:: CompositeCaster
.. automethod:: make
.. versionadded:: 2.4.6
Object attributes:
.. attribute:: name
The name of the PostgreSQL type.
.. attribute:: schema
The schema where the type is defined.
.. versionadded:: 2.4.6
.. attribute:: oid
The oid of the PostgreSQL type.
.. attribute:: array_oid
The oid of the PostgreSQL array type, if available.
.. attribute:: type
The type of the Python objects returned. If :py:func:`collections.namedtuple()`
is available, it is a named tuple with attributes equal to the type
components. Otherwise it is just the `!tuple` object.
.. attribute:: attnames
List of component names of the type to be casted.
.. attribute:: atttypes
List of component type oids of the type to be casted.
.. index::
pair: UUID; Data types
UUID data type
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.0.9
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.13 added UUID array support.
.. doctest::
>>> psycopg2.extras.register_uuid()
<psycopg2._psycopg.type object at 0x...>
>>> # Python UUID can be used in SQL queries
>>> import uuid
>>> my_uuid = uuid.UUID('{12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678}')
>>> psycopg2.extensions.adapt(my_uuid).getquoted()
"'12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678'::uuid"
>>> # PostgreSQL UUID are transformed into Python UUID objects.
>>> cur.execute("SELECT 'a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11'::uuid")
>>> cur.fetchone()[0]
UUID('a0eebc99-9c0b-4ef8-bb6d-6bb9bd380a11')
.. autofunction:: register_uuid
.. autoclass:: UUID_adapter
.. index::
pair: INET; Data types
:sql:`inet` data type
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 2.0.9
.. versionchanged:: 2.4.5 added inet array support.
.. doctest::
>>> psycopg2.extras.register_inet()
<psycopg2._psycopg.type object at 0x...>
>>> cur.mogrify("SELECT %s", (Inet('127.0.0.1/32'),))
"SELECT E'127.0.0.1/32'::inet"
>>> cur.execute("SELECT '192.168.0.1/24'::inet")
>>> cur.fetchone()[0].addr
'192.168.0.1/24'
.. autofunction:: register_inet
.. autoclass:: Inet
.. index::
single: Time zones; Fractional
Fractional time zones
---------------------
.. autofunction:: register_tstz_w_secs
.. versionadded:: 2.0.9
.. versionchanged:: 2.2.2
function is no-op: see :ref:`tz-handling`.
.. index::
pair: Example; Coroutine;
Coroutine support
-----------------
.. autofunction:: wait_select(conn)