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represents a :class:`.ClauseElement` that compiles to a DQL or DML expression, not DDL. .. versionadded:: 2.0

Method compile Compile this SQL expression.
Method _compiler Return a compiler appropriate for this ClauseElement, given a Dialect.

Inherited from ClauseElement:

Method __bool__ Undocumented
Method __getstate__ Undocumented
Method __invert__ Undocumented
Method __repr__ Undocumented
Method compare Compare this :class:`_expression.ClauseElement` to the given :class:`_expression.ClauseElement`.
Method get_children Return immediate child :class:`.visitors.HasTraverseInternals` elements of this :class:`.visitors.HasTraverseInternals`.
Method params Return a copy with :func:`_expression.bindparam` elements replaced.
Method self_group Apply a 'grouping' to this :class:`_expression.ClauseElement`.
Method unique_params Return a copy with :func:`_expression.bindparam` elements replaced.
Class Variable __visit_name__ Undocumented
Class Variable is_clause_element Undocumented
Class Variable is_dml Undocumented
Class Variable is_selectable Undocumented
Class Variable negation_clause Undocumented
Property description Undocumented
Property entity_namespace Undocumented
Method _clone Create a shallow copy of this ClauseElement.
Method _cloned_set Return the set consisting all cloned ancestors of this ClauseElement.
Method _compile_w_cache Undocumented
Method _execute_on_connection Undocumented
Method _execute_on_scalar an additional hook for subclasses to provide a different implementation for connection.scalar() vs. connection.execute().
Method _negate Undocumented
Method _negate_in_binary a hook to allow the right side of a binary expression to respond to a negation of the binary expression.
Method _replace_params Undocumented
Method _set_propagate_attrs Undocumented
Method _ungroup Return this :class:`_expression.ClauseElement` without any groupings.
Method _with_binary_element_type in the context of binary expression, convert the type of this object to the one given.
Class Variable _cache_key_traversal Undocumented
Class Variable _gen_static_annotations_cache_key Undocumented
Class Variable _is_bind_parameter Undocumented
Class Variable _is_clause_list Undocumented
Class Variable _is_clone_of Undocumented
Class Variable _is_column_element Undocumented
Class Variable _is_from_clause Undocumented
Class Variable _is_from_container Undocumented
Class Variable _is_immutable Undocumented
Class Variable _is_keyed_column_element Undocumented
Class Variable _is_lambda_element Undocumented
Class Variable _is_returns_rows Undocumented
Class Variable _is_select_base Undocumented
Class Variable _is_select_container Undocumented
Class Variable _is_select_statement Undocumented
Class Variable _is_singleton_constant Undocumented
Class Variable _is_star Undocumented
Class Variable _is_table Undocumented
Class Variable _is_text_clause Undocumented
Class Variable _is_textual Undocumented
Instance Variable _propagate_attrs like annotations, however these propagate outwards liberally as SQL constructs are built, and are set up at construction time.
Property _constructor return the 'constructor' for this ClauseElement.
Property _from_objects Undocumented
Property _order_by_label_element Undocumented

Inherited from SupportsWrappingAnnotations (via ClauseElement):

Class Variable __slots__ Undocumented
Method _annotate return a copy of this ClauseElement with annotations updated by the given dictionary.
Method _deannotate return a copy of this :class:`_expression.ClauseElement` with annotations removed.
Method _with_annotations return a copy of this ClauseElement with annotations replaced by the given dictionary.

Inherited from SupportsAnnotations (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations):

Class Variable proxy_set Undocumented
Method _gen_annotations_cache_key Undocumented
Property _annotations_cache_key Undocumented

Inherited from MemoizedHasCacheKey (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations):

Method _generate_cache_key return a cache key.

Inherited from HasCacheKey (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations, MemoizedHasCacheKey):

Class Variable inherit_cache Indicate if this :class:`.HasCacheKey` instance should make use of the cache key generation scheme used by its immediate superclass.
Class Method _generate_cache_attrs generate cache key dispatcher for a new class.
Class Method _generate_cache_key_for_object Undocumented
Method _gen_cache_key return an optional cache key.
Class Variable _generated_cache_key_traversal Undocumented
Class Variable _hierarchy_supports_caching private attribute which may be set to False to prevent the inherit_cache warning from being emitted for a hierarchy of subclasses.
Class Variable _is_has_cache_key Undocumented

Inherited from HasCopyInternals (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations, MemoizedHasCacheKey, HasCacheKey):

Method _copy_internals Reassign internal elements to be clones of themselves.

Inherited from HasTraverseInternals (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations, MemoizedHasCacheKey, HasCacheKey, HasCopyInternals, ExternallyTraversible):

Class Variable _traverse_internals Undocumented

Inherited from CompilerElement (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations, MemoizedHasCacheKey, HasCacheKey, HasCopyInternals, ExternallyTraversible, HasTraverseInternals):

Method __str__ Undocumented
Class Variable stringify_dialect Undocumented
Class Variable supports_execution Undocumented

Inherited from Visitable (via ClauseElement, SupportsWrappingAnnotations, SupportsAnnotations, MemoizedHasCacheKey, HasCacheKey, HasCopyInternals, ExternallyTraversible, HasTraverseInternals, CompilerElement):

Method __class_getitem__ Undocumented
Method __init_subclass__ Undocumented
Class Method _generate_compiler_dispatch Undocumented
Method _compiler_dispatch Undocumented
Class Variable _original_compiler_dispatch Undocumented
def compile(self, bind: Optional[Union[Engine, Connection]] = None, dialect: Optional[Dialect] = None, **kw: Any) -> SQLCompiler: (source)

Compile this SQL expression. The return value is a :class:`~.Compiled` object. Calling ``str()`` or ``unicode()`` on the returned value will yield a string representation of the result. The :class:`~.Compiled` object also can return a dictionary of bind parameter names and values using the ``params`` accessor. :param bind: An :class:`.Connection` or :class:`.Engine` which can provide a :class:`.Dialect` in order to generate a :class:`.Compiled` object. If the ``bind`` and ``dialect`` parameters are both omitted, a default SQL compiler is used. :param column_keys: Used for INSERT and UPDATE statements, a list of column names which should be present in the VALUES clause of the compiled statement. If ``None``, all columns from the target table object are rendered. :param dialect: A :class:`.Dialect` instance which can generate a :class:`.Compiled` object. This argument takes precedence over the ``bind`` argument. :param compile_kwargs: optional dictionary of additional parameters that will be passed through to the compiler within all "visit" methods. This allows any custom flag to be passed through to a custom compilation construct, for example. It is also used for the case of passing the ``literal_binds`` flag through:: from sqlalchemy.sql import table, column, select t = table('t', column('x')) s = select(t).where(t.c.x == 5) print(s.compile(compile_kwargs={"literal_binds": True})) .. versionadded:: 0.9.0 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq_sql_expression_string`

def _compiler(self, dialect: Dialect, **kw: Any) -> SQLCompiler: (source)

Return a compiler appropriate for this ClauseElement, given a Dialect.