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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
index 0dae6716d..83897ef05 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/expression.py
@@ -3170,10 +3170,19 @@ class CompoundSelect(_SelectBaseMixin, FromClause):
def _populate_column_collection(self):
for cols in zip(*[s.c for s in self.selects]):
- proxy = cols[0]._make_proxy(self, name=self.use_labels and cols[0]._label or None)
+ # this is a slightly hacky thing - the union exports a column that
+ # resembles just that of the *first* selectable. to get at a "composite" column,
+ # particularly foreign keys, you have to dig through the proxies collection
+ # which we generate below. We may want to improve upon this,
+ # such as perhaps _make_proxy can accept a list of other columns that
+ # are "shared" - schema.column can then copy all the ForeignKeys in.
+ # this would allow the union() to have all those fks too.
+ proxy = cols[0]._make_proxy(
+ self, name=self.use_labels and cols[0]._label or None)
- # place a 'weight' annotation corresponding to how low in the list of select()s
- # the column occurs, so that the corresponding_column() operation
+ # hand-construct the "proxies" collection to include all derived columns
+ # place a 'weight' annotation corresponding to how low in the list of
+ # select()s the column occurs, so that the corresponding_column() operation
# can resolve conflicts
proxy.proxies = [c._annotate({'weight':i + 1}) for i, c in enumerate(cols)]