fix for dbapi() method to be classmethod #546

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/informix.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/informix.py
index d66b9ad6e..2fb508280 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/informix.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/informix.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import sqlalchemy.types as sqltypes
 import sqlalchemy.exceptions as exceptions
 import sqlalchemy.pool as pool
 
-def dbapi():
-    import informixdb
-    return informixdb
 
 # for offset
 
@@ -207,6 +204,11 @@ class InfoDialect(ansisql.ANSIDialect):
         ansisql.ANSIDialect.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         self.paramstyle = 'qmark'
 
+    def dbapi(cls):
+        import informixdb
+        return informixdb
+    dbapi = classmethod(dbapi)
+
     def max_identifier_length( self ):
         # for informix 7.31
         return 18