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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
index 3df1c9f91..ac6276c1c 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
@@ -867,6 +867,11 @@ class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
bind = _bind_or_error(self)
bind._run_ddl_visitor(ddl.SchemaDropper, self, checkfirst=checkfirst)
+ @util.deprecated(
+ "1.4",
+ ":meth:`_schema.Table.tometadata` is renamed to "
+ ":meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata`",
+ )
def tometadata(
self,
metadata,
@@ -878,6 +883,26 @@ class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
associated with a different
:class:`_schema.MetaData`.
+ See :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata` for a full description.
+
+ """
+ return self.to_metadata(
+ metadata,
+ schema=schema,
+ referred_schema_fn=referred_schema_fn,
+ name=name,
+ )
+
+ def to_metadata(
+ self,
+ metadata,
+ schema=RETAIN_SCHEMA,
+ referred_schema_fn=None,
+ name=None,
+ ):
+ """Return a copy of this :class:`_schema.Table` associated with a
+ different :class:`_schema.MetaData`.
+
E.g.::
m1 = MetaData()
@@ -885,7 +910,11 @@ class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
user = Table('user', m1, Column('id', Integer, primary_key=True))
m2 = MetaData()
- user_copy = user.tometadata(m2)
+ user_copy = user.to_metadata(m2)
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 1.4 The :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata` function
+ was renamed from :meth:`_schema.Table.tometadata`.
+
:param metadata: Target :class:`_schema.MetaData` object,
into which the
@@ -905,12 +934,12 @@ class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
m2 = MetaData(schema='newschema')
# user_copy_one will have "newschema" as the schema name
- user_copy_one = user.tometadata(m2, schema=None)
+ user_copy_one = user.to_metadata(m2, schema=None)
m3 = MetaData() # schema defaults to None
# user_copy_two will have None as the schema name
- user_copy_two = user.tometadata(m3, schema=None)
+ user_copy_two = user.to_metadata(m3, schema=None)
:param referred_schema_fn: optional callable which can be supplied
in order to provide for the schema name that should be assigned
@@ -929,7 +958,7 @@ class Table(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, TableClause):
else:
return to_schema
- new_table = table.tometadata(m2, schema="alt_schema",
+ new_table = table.to_metadata(m2, schema="alt_schema",
referred_schema_fn=referred_schema_fn)
.. versionadded:: 0.9.2
@@ -1548,7 +1577,7 @@ class Column(DialectKWArgs, SchemaItem, ColumnClause):
def copy(self, **kw):
"""Create a copy of this ``Column``, uninitialized.
- This is used in :meth:`_schema.Table.tometadata`.
+ This is used in :meth:`_schema.Table.to_metadata`.
"""