3 files changed, 61 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
index 735113a26..9a10e829e 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
@@ -1672,6 +1672,17 @@ class Engine(Connectable, log.Identified):
             return self.dialect.get_table_names(conn, schema)
 
     def has_table(self, table_name, schema=None):
+        """Return True if the given backend has a table of the given name.
+
+        .. seealso::
+
+            :ref:`metadata_reflection_inspector` - detailed schema inspection using
+            the :class:`.Inspector` interface.
+
+            :class:`.quoted_name` - used to pass quoting information along
+            with a schema identifier.
+
+        """
         return self.run_callable(self.dialect.has_table, table_name, schema)
 
     def raw_connection(self):
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
index 90c7f5993..609375c39 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ AUTOCOMMIT_REGEXP = re.compile(
             re.I | re.UNICODE)
 
 
+
 class DefaultDialect(interfaces.Dialect):
     """Default implementation of Dialect"""
 
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ class DefaultDialect(interfaces.Dialect):
         self._encoder = codecs.getencoder(self.encoding)
         self._decoder = processors.to_unicode_processor_factory(self.encoding)
 
+
     @util.memoized_property
     def _type_memos(self):
         return weakref.WeakKeyDictionary()
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/reflection.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/reflection.py
index 29ede9579..340af1abb 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/reflection.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/reflection.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Inspector(object):
          database's default schema is
          used, else the named schema is searched.  If the database does not
          support named schemas, behavior is undefined if ``schema`` is not
-         passed as ``None``.
+         passed as ``None``.  For special quoting, use :class:`.quoted_name`.
 
         :param order_by: Optional, may be the string "foreign_key" to sort
          the result on foreign key dependencies.
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ class Inspector(object):
 
         This currently includes some options that apply to MySQL tables.
 
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
         if hasattr(self.dialect, 'get_table_options'):
             return self.dialect.get_table_options(
@@ -217,6 +224,8 @@ class Inspector(object):
         """Return all view names in `schema`.
 
         :param schema: Optional, retrieve names from a non-default schema.
+         For special quoting, use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
 
         return self.dialect.get_view_names(self.bind, schema,
@@ -226,6 +235,8 @@ class Inspector(object):
         """Return definition for `view_name`.
 
         :param schema: Optional, retrieve names from a non-default schema.
+         For special quoting, use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
 
         return self.dialect.get_view_definition(
@@ -251,6 +262,14 @@ class Inspector(object):
 
         attrs
           dict containing optional column attributes
+
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
 
         col_defs = self.dialect.get_columns(self.bind, table_name, schema,
@@ -288,6 +307,13 @@ class Inspector(object):
         name
           optional name of the primary key constraint.
 
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
         return self.dialect.get_pk_constraint(self.bind, table_name, schema,
                                               info_cache=self.info_cache,
@@ -315,6 +341,13 @@ class Inspector(object):
         name
           optional name of the foreign key constraint.
 
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
 
         return self.dialect.get_foreign_keys(self.bind, table_name, schema,
@@ -336,6 +369,13 @@ class Inspector(object):
         unique
           boolean
 
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         """
 
         return self.dialect.get_indexes(self.bind, table_name,
@@ -354,6 +394,13 @@ class Inspector(object):
         column_names
           list of column names in order
 
+        :param table_name: string name of the table.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
+        :param schema: string schema name; if omitted, uses the default schema
+         of the database connection.  For special quoting,
+         use :class:`.quoted_name`.
+
         .. versionadded:: 0.9.0
 
         """