- Similarly, for relationship(), foreign_keys,

remote_side, order_by - all column-based
expressions are enforced - lists of strings
are explicitly disallowed since this is a
very common error

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
index a7f5d396a..6f593ab48 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
@@ -1037,12 +1037,12 @@ def _no_literals(element):
     else:
         return element
 
-def _only_column_elements(element):
+def _only_column_elements(element, name):
     if hasattr(element, '__clause_element__'):
         element = element.__clause_element__()
     if not isinstance(element, ColumnElement):
-        raise exc.ArgumentError("Column-based expression object expected; "
-                                "got: %r" % element)
+        raise exc.ArgumentError("Column-based expression object expected for argument '%s'; "
+                                "got: '%s', type %s" % (name, element, type(element)))
     return element
     
 def _corresponding_column_or_error(fromclause, column,