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-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py22
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
index b7cff43eb..9d856e271 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ become part of the index. SQLAlchemy provides this feature via the
``mysql_length`` parameter::
Index('my_index', my_table.c.data, mysql_length=10)
+
Index('a_b_idx', my_table.c.a, my_table.c.b, mysql_length={'a': 4, 'b': 9})
Prefix lengths are given in characters for nonbinary string types and in bytes
@@ -236,6 +237,9 @@ prefix length values for corresponding columns. MySQL only allows a length for
a column of an index if it is for a CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT, BINARY, VARBINARY and
BLOB.
+.. versionadded:: 0.8.2 ``mysql_length`` may now be specified as a dictionary
+ for use with composite indexes.
+
Index Types
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1525,19 +1529,19 @@ class MySQLDDLCompiler(compiler.DDLCompiler):
if 'mysql_length' in index.kwargs:
length = index.kwargs['mysql_length']
- # length value can be an integer value specifying the same
- # prefix length for all columns of the index
- try:
+ if isinstance(length, dict):
+ # length value can be a (column_name --> integer value) mapping
+ # specifying the prefix length for each column of the index
columns = ', '.join(
- '%s(%d)' % (col, length)
+ ('%s(%d)' % (col, length[col])
+ if col in length else '%s' % col)
for col in columns
)
- # otherwise it's a (column_name --> integer value) mapping
- # specifying the prefix length for each column of the index
- except TypeError:
+ else:
+ # or can be an integer value specifying the same
+ # prefix length for all columns of the index
columns = ', '.join(
- ('%s(%d)' % (col, length[col])
- if col in length else '%s' % col)
+ '%s(%d)' % (col, length)
for col in columns
)
else: