Core Exceptions

Exceptions used with SQLAlchemy.

The base exception class is SQLAlchemyError. Exceptions which are raised as a result of DBAPI exceptions are all subclasses of DBAPIError.

exception sqlalchemy.exc.AmbiguousForeignKeysError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when more than one foreign key matching can be located between two selectables during a join.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.AmbiguousForeignKeysError (sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when an invalid or conflicting function argument is supplied.

This error generally corresponds to construction time state errors.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.CircularDependencyError(message, cycles, edges, msg=None, code=None)

Raised by topological sorts when a circular dependency is detected.

There are two scenarios where this error occurs:

• In a Session flush operation, if two objects are mutually dependent on each other, they can not be inserted or deleted via INSERT or DELETE statements alone; an UPDATE will be needed to post-associate or pre-deassociate one of the foreign key constrained values. The post_update flag described at Rows that point to themselves / Mutually Dependent Rows can resolve this cycle.

• In a MetaData.sorted_tables operation, two ForeignKey or ForeignKeyConstraint objects mutually refer to each other. Apply the use_alter=True flag to one or both, see Creating/Dropping Foreign Key Constraints via ALTER.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.CircularDependencyError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.CompileError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when an error occurs during SQL compilation

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.CompileError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.DBAPIError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Raised when the execution of a database operation fails.

Wraps exceptions raised by the DB-API underlying the database operation. Driver-specific implementations of the standard DB-API exception types are wrapped by matching sub-types of SQLAlchemy’s DBAPIError when possible. DB-API’s Error type maps to DBAPIError in SQLAlchemy, otherwise the names are identical. Note that there is no guarantee that different DB-API implementations will raise the same exception type for any given error condition.

DBAPIError features StatementError.statement and StatementError.params attributes which supply context regarding the specifics of the statement which had an issue, for the typical case when the error was raised within the context of emitting a SQL statement.

The wrapped exception object is available in the StatementError.orig attribute. Its type and properties are DB-API implementation specific.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.DBAPIError (sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.DataError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API DataError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.DataError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API DatabaseError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError (sqlalchemy.exc.DBAPIError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.DisconnectionError(*arg, **kw)

A disconnect is detected on a raw DB-API connection.

This error is raised and consumed internally by a connection pool. It can be raised by the PoolEvents.checkout() event so that the host pool forces a retry; the exception will be caught three times in a row before the pool gives up and raises InvalidRequestError regarding the connection attempt.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.DisconnectionError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

Object Name	Description
DontWrapMixin	A mixin class which, when applied to a user-defined Exception class, will not be wrapped inside of StatementError if the error is emitted within the process of executing a statement.

class sqlalchemy.exc.DontWrapMixin

A mixin class which, when applied to a user-defined Exception class, will not be wrapped inside of StatementError if the error is emitted within the process of executing a statement.

E.g.:

from sqlalchemy.exc import DontWrapMixin

class MyCustomException(Exception, DontWrapMixin):
    pass

class MySpecialType(TypeDecorator):
    impl = String

    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
        if value == 'invalid':
            raise MyCustomException("invalid!")

exception sqlalchemy.exc.IdentifierError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when a schema name is beyond the max character limit

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.IdentifierError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API IntegrityError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.InterfaceError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API InterfaceError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.InterfaceError (sqlalchemy.exc.DBAPIError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.InternalError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API InternalError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.InternalError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError(*arg, **kw)

SQLAlchemy was asked to do something it can’t do.

This error generally corresponds to runtime state errors.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidatePoolError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when the connection pool should invalidate all stale connections.

A subclass of DisconnectionError that indicates that the disconnect situation encountered on the connection probably means the entire pool should be invalidated, as the database has been restarted.

This exception will be handled otherwise the same way as DisconnectionError, allowing three attempts to reconnect before giving up.

New in version 1.2.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidatePoolError (sqlalchemy.exc.DisconnectionError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoForeignKeysError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when no foreign keys can be located between two selectables during a join.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoForeignKeysError (sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoInspectionAvailable(*arg, **kw)

A subject passed to sqlalchemy.inspection.inspect() produced no context for inspection.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoInspectionAvailable (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferenceError(*arg, **kw)

Raised by ForeignKey to indicate a reference cannot be resolved.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferenceError (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferencedColumnError(message, tname, cname)

Raised by ForeignKey when the referred Column cannot be located.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferencedColumnError (sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferenceError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferencedTableError(message, tname)

Raised by ForeignKey when the referred Table cannot be located.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferencedTableError (sqlalchemy.exc.NoReferenceError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchColumnError

A nonexistent column is requested from a RowProxy.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchColumnError (builtins.KeyError, sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchModuleError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when a dynamically-loaded module (usually a database dialect) of a particular name cannot be located.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchModuleError (sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchTableError(*arg, **kw)

Table does not exist or is not visible to a connection.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchTableError (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.NotSupportedError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API NotSupportedError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.NotSupportedError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.ObjectNotExecutableError(target)

Raised when an object is passed to .execute() that can’t be executed as SQL.

New in version 1.1.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.ObjectNotExecutableError (sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API OperationalError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError(statement, params, orig, connection_invalidated=False, code=None)

Wraps a DB-API ProgrammingError.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.ProgrammingError (sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.ResourceClosedError(*arg, **kw)

An operation was requested from a connection, cursor, or other object that’s in a closed state.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.ResourceClosedError (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.SADeprecationWarning

Issued once per usage of a deprecated API.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.SADeprecationWarning (builtins.DeprecationWarning)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.SAPendingDeprecationWarning

Issued once per usage of a deprecated API.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.SAPendingDeprecationWarning (builtins.PendingDeprecationWarning)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.SAWarning

Issued at runtime.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.SAWarning (builtins.RuntimeWarning)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError(*arg, **kw)

Generic error class.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError (builtins.Exception)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError(message, statement, params, orig, code=None)

An error occurred during execution of a SQL statement.

StatementError wraps the exception raised during execution, and features statement and params attributes which supply context regarding the specifics of the statement which had an issue.

The wrapped exception object is available in the orig attribute.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

attribute sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError.orig = None

The DBAPI exception object.

attribute sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError.params = None

The parameter list being used when this exception occurred.

attribute sqlalchemy.exc.StatementError.statement = None

The string SQL statement being invoked when this exception occurred.

exception sqlalchemy.exc.TimeoutError(*arg, **kw)

Raised when a connection pool times out on getting a connection.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.TimeoutError (sqlalchemy.exc.SQLAlchemyError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.UnboundExecutionError(*arg, **kw)

SQL was attempted without a database connection to execute it on.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.UnboundExecutionError (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.UnreflectableTableError(*arg, **kw)

Table exists but can’t be reflected for some reason.

New in version 1.2.

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.UnreflectableTableError (sqlalchemy.exc.InvalidRequestError)

exception sqlalchemy.exc.UnsupportedCompilationError(compiler, element_type)

Raised when an operation is not supported by the given compiler.

See also

How do I render SQL expressions as strings, possibly with bound parameters inlined?

Compiler StrSQLCompiler can’t render element of type <element type>

Class signature

class sqlalchemy.exc.UnsupportedCompilationError (sqlalchemy.exc.CompileError)