SQLAlchemy inheritance filter on all columns

Question

So, I want to filter on all of Columnsmy database models that use table inheritance. I am by no means sure if this is real or not.

To get started, use the same inheritance example from the SQLAlchemy Doc , slightly modified. Here I am omitted here.

class Employee(Base):
    __tablename__ = 'employee'
    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String(50))
    type = Column(String(50))

    __mapper_args__ = {
        'polymorphic_identity':'employee',
        'polymorphic_on':type
    }

    @classmethod
    def get_all(cls, session, query):
        _filters = []
        for prop in class_mapper(cls).iterate_properties:
            if isinstance(prop, ColumnProperty):
                _col = prop.columns[0]
                _attr = getattr(cls, _cls.name)

                _filters.append(cast(_attr, String).match(query))

        result = session.query(cls)
        result = result.filter(or_(*_filters))
        return result.all()

class Engineer(Employee):
    __tablename__ = 'engineer'
    id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('employee.id'), primary_key=True)
    engineer_name = Column(String(30))
    foo = Column(String(10))

    __mapper_args__ = {
        'polymorphic_identity':'engineer',
    }

class Manager(Employee):
    __tablename__ = 'manager'
    id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('employee.id'), primary_key=True)
    manager_name = Column(String(30))
    bar = Column(String(20))

    __mapper_args__ = {
        'polymorphic_identity':'manager',
    }

Now let's say that I would like to query everything Employeewhere some of the fields match the query. The above method get_allwill only query the columns known to the class Employee.

Is there a way to query all columns of the entire inheritance chain?

Answer 1

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@classmethod
def get_all(cls, session, query):
    _filters = []
    for prop in class_mapper(cls).iterate_properties:
        if isinstance(prop, ColumnProperty):
            _col = prop.columns[0]
            _attr = getattr(cls, _cls.name)

            _filters.append(cast(_attr, String).match(query))

    result = session.query(cls)
    result = result.filter(or_(*_filters))

    # get the subclasses
    subclasses = set()
    for child in cls.__subclasses__():
        if child not in subclasses:
            subclasses.add(child)
            # join the subclass
            result = result.outerjoin(child)
            # recurse to get the columns from the subclass
            result = subclass.get_all(session, result)

    # return a query, not a result to allow for the recursion. 
    # you might need to tweak this.
    return result