SQLObject 0.9.0

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On May 10, 10:25 am, Oleg Broytmann <p... at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm pleased to announce the 0.9.0 release of SQLObject, the first stable
> release of the 0.9 branch.
>
> What is SQLObject
> =================
>
> SQLObject is an object-relational mapper.  Your database tables are described
> as classes, and rows are instances of those classes.  SQLObject is meant to be
> easy to use and quick to get started with.
>
> SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and
> Firebird.  It also has newly added support for Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also
> known as SAPDB).
>
> Where is SQLObject
> ==================
>
> Site:http://sqlobject.org
>
> Development:http://sqlobject.org/devel/
>
> Mailing list:https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss
>
> Archives:http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sqlobject
>
> Download:http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/SQLObject/0.9.0
>
> News and changes:http://sqlobject.org/News.html
>
> What's New
> ==========
>
> Features & Interface
> --------------------
>
> * Support for Python 2.2 has been declared obsolete.
>
> * Removed actively deprecated attributes;
>   lowered deprecation level for other attributes to be removed after 0.9.
>
> * SQLite connection got columnsFromSchema(). Now all connections fully support
>   fromDatabase. There are two version of columnsFromSchema() for SQLite -
>   one parses the result of "SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master" and the other
>   uses "PRAGMA table_info"; the user can choose one over the other by using
>   "use_table_info" parameter in DB URI; default is False as the pragma is
>   available only in the later versions of SQLite.
>
> * Changed connection.delColumn(): the first argument is sqlmeta, not
>   tableName (required for SQLite).
>
> * SQLite connection got delColumn(). Now all connections fully support
>   delColumn(). As SQLite backend doesn't implement "ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN"
>   delColumn() is implemented by creating a new table without the column,
>   copying all data, dropping the original table and renaming the new table.
>
> * Versioning - seehttp://sqlobject.org/Versioning.html
>
> * MySQLConnection got new keyword "conv" - a list of custom converters.
>
> * Use logging if it's available and is configured via DB URI.
>
> * New columns: TimestampCol to support MySQL TIMESTAMP type;
>   SetCol to support MySQL SET type;
>   TinyIntCol for TINYINT; SmallIntCol for SMALLINT;
>   MediumIntCol for MEDIUMINT; BigIntCol for BIGINT.
>
> Small Features
> --------------
>
> * Support for MySQL INT type attributes: UNSIGNED, ZEROFILL.
>
> * Support for DEFAULT SQL attribute via defaultSQL keyword argument.
>
> * cls.tableExists() as a shortcut for conn.tableExists(cls.sqlmeta.table).
>
> * cls.deleteMany(), cls.deleteBy().
>
> Bug Fixes
> ---------
>
> * idName can be inherited from the parent sqlmeta class.
>
> * Fixed a longstanding bug with .select() ignoring 'limit' parameter.
>
> * Fixed a bug with absent comma in JOINs.
>
> * Fixed sqlbuilder - .startswith(), .endswith() and .contains() assumed
>   their parameter must be a string; now you can pass an SQLExpression:
>   Table.q.name.contains(func.upper('a')), for example.
>
> * Fixed a longstanding bug in sqlbuilder.Select() with groupBy being a
>   sequence.
>
> * Fixed a bug with Aliases in JOINs.
>
> * Yet another patch to properly initialize MySQL connection encoding.
>
> * Fixed a minor comparison problem in test_decimal.py.
>
> * Fixed a bug in SQLRelatedJoin that ignored per-instance connection.
>
> Docs
> ----
>
> * Added documentation about 'validator' Col constructor option.
>
> * Added an answer and examples to the FAQ on how to use sqlmeta.createSQL.
>
> * Added an example on how to configure logging.
>
> * More documentation about orderBy.
>
> For a more complete list, please see the news:http://sqlobject.org/News.html
>
> Oleg.
> --
>      Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/           p... at phd.pp.ru
>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

Why was this released 3 times with different version numbers in less
than an hour?

Mike