In my Flask model I have this column:
datetime = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False, default=datetime.now)
When I populate the rows from a PostgreSql database I get this:
2020-07-03 18:12:49.362271
2020-07-04 09:21:34.644202
Now, I want to format those results using the to_char function from Postgresql. The query shoudl be this:
select to_char(datetime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') as datetime from order_detail;
And the result is this:
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2020-07-03 18:12:49
2020-07-04 09:21:34
(2 rows)
How can I tell Flask-SqlAlchemy to execute that function when it queries the order_detail table?.
Important: I don't want to do the formatting in my Flask app, I want to let Postgresql format the results.
Use column_property() and func(). Assuming your model is named Foo:
from sqlalchemy import func
from sqlalchemy.orm import column_property
class Foo(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
datetime = db.Column(db.DateTime, nullable=False, default=datetime.now)
formatted_datetime = column_property(func.to_char(datetime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'))
# print(Foo.query.all()[0].formatted_datetime)
# ->'2020-07-04 06:59:09'
If it's important that the model's attribute name be datetime, you'll need to give the underlying column a different attribute name and reference the column using it's name kwarg.
class Foo2(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'foo'
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
orig_datetime = db.Column(db.DateTime, name='datetime', nullable=False, default=datetime.now)
datetime = column_property(func.to_char(orig_datetime, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'))
# print(Foo2.query.all()[0].datetime)
# ->'2020-07-04 06:59:09'