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-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py18
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
index b3913ec5b..6c6f0307d 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .base import _is_aliased_class
from .base import _is_mapped_class
from .base import InspectionAttr
from .interfaces import LoaderOption
+from .interfaces import MapperProperty
from .interfaces import PropComparator
from .path_registry import _DEFAULT_TOKEN
from .path_registry import _WILDCARD_TOKEN
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ class Load(Generative, LoaderOption):
if isinstance(attr, util.string_types):
default_token = attr.endswith(_DEFAULT_TOKEN)
+ attr_str_name = attr
if attr.endswith(_WILDCARD_TOKEN) or default_token:
if default_token:
self.propagate_to_loaders = False
@@ -207,7 +209,21 @@ class Load(Generative, LoaderOption):
else:
return None
else:
- attr = found_property = attr.property
+ try:
+ attr = found_property = attr.property
+ except AttributeError as ae:
+ if not isinstance(attr, MapperProperty):
+ util.raise_(
+ sa_exc.ArgumentError(
+ 'Expected attribute "%s" on %s to be a '
+ "mapped attribute; "
+ "instead got %s object."
+ % (attr_str_name, ent, type(attr))
+ ),
+ replace_context=ae,
+ )
+ else:
+ raise
path = path[attr]
elif _is_mapped_class(attr):