Deprecate create_engine.implicit_returning

The :paramref:`_sa.create_engine.implicit_returning` parameter is
deprecated on the :func:`_sa.create_engine` function only; the parameter
remains available on the :class:`_schema.Table` object. This parameter was
originally intended to enable the "implicit returning" feature of
SQLAlchemy when it was first developed and was not enabled by default.
Under modern use, there's no reason this parameter should be disabled, and
it has been observed to cause confusion as it degrades performance and
makes it more difficult for the ORM to retrieve recently inserted server
defaults. The parameter remains available on :class:`_schema.Table` to
specifically suit database-level edge cases which make RETURNING
infeasible, the sole example currently being SQL Server's limitation that
INSERT RETURNING may not be used on a table that has INSERT triggers on it.

Also removed from the Oracle dialect some logic that would upgrade
an Oracle 8/8i server version to use implicit returning if the
parameter were explictly passed; these versions of Oracle
still support RETURNING so the feature is now enabled for all
Oracle versions.

Fixes: #6962
Change-Id: Ib338e300cd7c8026c3083043f645084a8211aed8

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/test/dialect/postgresql/test_compiler.py b/test/dialect/postgresql/test_compiler.py
index 5ada6f592..46adc62e5 100644
--- a/test/dialect/postgresql/test_compiler.py
+++ b/test/dialect/postgresql/test_compiler.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ from sqlalchemy.sql import literal_column
 from sqlalchemy.sql import operators
 from sqlalchemy.sql import table
 from sqlalchemy.sql import util as sql_util
-from sqlalchemy.testing import engines
-from sqlalchemy.testing import eq_
 from sqlalchemy.testing import fixtures
 from sqlalchemy.testing.assertions import assert_raises
 from sqlalchemy.testing.assertions import assert_raises_message
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.util import u
 
 
 class SequenceTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsCompiledSQL):
-    __prefer__ = "postgresql"
+    __dialect__ = "postgresql"
 
     def test_format(self):
         seq = Sequence("my_seq_no_schema")
@@ -81,27 +79,6 @@ class SequenceTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsCompiledSQL):
             == '"Some_Schema"."My_Seq"'
         )
 
-    @testing.only_on("postgresql", "foo")
-    @testing.provide_metadata
-    def test_reverse_eng_name(self):
-        metadata = self.metadata
-        engine = engines.testing_engine(options=dict(implicit_returning=False))
-        for tname, cname in [
-            ("tb1" * 30, "abc"),
-            ("tb2", "abc" * 30),
-            ("tb3" * 30, "abc" * 30),
-            ("tb4", "abc"),
-        ]:
-            t = Table(
-                tname[:57],
-                metadata,
-                Column(cname[:57], Integer, primary_key=True),
-            )
-            t.create(engine)
-            with engine.begin() as conn:
-                r = conn.execute(t.insert())
-                eq_(r.inserted_primary_key, (1,))
-
     @testing.combinations(
         (None, ""),
         (Integer, "AS INTEGER "),