# dialects/postgresql/dml.py # Copyright (C) 2005-2026 the SQLAlchemy authors and contributors # # # This module is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under # the MIT License: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php from __future__ import annotations from typing import Any from typing import Dict from typing import List from typing import Optional from typing import Union from . import ext from .._typing import _OnConflictConstraintT from .._typing import _OnConflictIndexElementsT from .._typing import _OnConflictIndexWhereT from .._typing import _OnConflictSetT from .._typing import _OnConflictWhereT from ... import util from ...sql import coercions from ...sql import roles from ...sql import schema from ...sql._typing import _DMLTableArgument from ...sql.base import _exclusive_against from ...sql.base import ColumnCollection from ...sql.base import ReadOnlyColumnCollection from ...sql.base import SyntaxExtension from ...sql.dml import _DMLColumnElement from ...sql.dml import Insert as StandardInsert from ...sql.elements import ClauseElement from ...sql.elements import ColumnElement from ...sql.elements import KeyedColumnElement from ...sql.elements import TextClause from ...sql.expression import alias from ...sql.type_api import NULLTYPE from ...sql.visitors import InternalTraversal from ...util.typing import Self __all__ = ("Insert", "insert") def insert(table: _DMLTableArgument) -> Insert: """Construct a PostgreSQL-specific variant :class:`_postgresql.Insert` construct. .. container:: inherited_member The :func:`sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.insert` function creates a :class:`sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.Insert`. This class is based on the dialect-agnostic :class:`_sql.Insert` construct which may be constructed using the :func:`_sql.insert` function in SQLAlchemy Core. The :class:`_postgresql.Insert` construct includes additional methods :meth:`_postgresql.Insert.on_conflict_do_update`, :meth:`_postgresql.Insert.on_conflict_do_nothing`. """ return Insert(table) class Insert(StandardInsert): """PostgreSQL-specific implementation of INSERT. Adds methods for PG-specific syntaxes such as ON CONFLICT. The :class:`_postgresql.Insert` object is created using the :func:`sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.insert` function. """ stringify_dialect = "postgresql" inherit_cache = True @util.memoized_property def excluded( self, ) -> ReadOnlyColumnCollection[str, KeyedColumnElement[Any]]: """Provide the ``excluded`` namespace for an ON CONFLICT statement PG's ON CONFLICT clause allows reference to the row that would be inserted, known as ``excluded``. This attribute provides all columns in this row to be referenceable. .. tip:: The :attr:`_postgresql.Insert.excluded` attribute is an instance of :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection`, which provides an interface the same as that of the :attr:`_schema.Table.c` collection described at :ref:`metadata_tables_and_columns`. With this collection, ordinary names are accessible like attributes (e.g. ``stmt.excluded.some_column``), but special names and dictionary method names should be accessed using indexed access, such as ``stmt.excluded["column name"]`` or ``stmt.excluded["values"]``. See the docstring for :class:`_expression.ColumnCollection` for further examples. .. seealso:: :ref:`postgresql_insert_on_conflict` - example of how to use :attr:`_expression.Insert.excluded` """ return alias(self.table, name="excluded").columns _on_conflict_exclusive = _exclusive_against( "_post_values_clause", msgs={ "_post_values_clause": "This Insert construct already has " "an ON CONFLICT clause established" }, ) @_on_conflict_exclusive def on_conflict_do_update( self, constraint: _OnConflictConstraintT = None, index_elements: _OnConflictIndexElementsT = None, index_where: _OnConflictIndexWhereT = None, set_: _OnConflictSetT = None, where: _OnConflictWhereT = None, ) -> Self: r""" Specifies a DO UPDATE SET action for ON CONFLICT clause. Either the ``constraint`` or ``index_elements`` argument is required, but only one of these can be specified. :param constraint: The name of a unique or exclusion constraint on the table, or the constraint object itself if it has a .name attribute. :param index_elements: A sequence consisting of string column names, :class:`_schema.Column` objects, or other column expression objects that will be used to infer a target index. :param index_where: Additional WHERE criterion that can be used to infer a conditional target index. :param set\_: A dictionary or other mapping object where the keys are either names of columns in the target table, or :class:`_schema.Column` objects or other ORM-mapped columns matching that of the target table, and expressions or literals as values, specifying the ``SET`` actions to take. .. versionadded:: 1.4 The :paramref:`_postgresql.Insert.on_conflict_do_update.set_` parameter supports :class:`_schema.Column` objects from the target :class:`_schema.Table` as keys. .. warning:: This dictionary does **not** take into account Python-specified default UPDATE values or generation functions, e.g. those specified using :paramref:`_schema.Column.onupdate`. These values will not be exercised for an ON CONFLICT style of UPDATE, unless they are manually specified in the :paramref:`.Insert.on_conflict_do_update.set_` dictionary. :param where: Optional argument. An expression object representing a ``WHERE`` clause that restricts the rows affected by ``DO UPDATE SET``. Rows not meeting the ``WHERE`` condition will not be updated (effectively a ``DO NOTHING`` for those rows). .. seealso:: :ref:`postgresql_insert_on_conflict` """ return self.ext( OnConflictDoUpdate( constraint, index_elements, index_where, set_, where ) ) @_on_conflict_exclusive def on_conflict_do_nothing( self, constraint: _OnConflictConstraintT = None, index_elements: _OnConflictIndexElementsT = None, index_where: _OnConflictIndexWhereT = None, ) -> Self: """ Specifies a DO NOTHING action for ON CONFLICT clause. The ``constraint`` and ``index_elements`` arguments are optional, but only one of these can be specified. :param constraint: The name of a unique or exclusion constraint on the table, or the constraint object itself if it has a .name attribute. :param index_elements: A sequence consisting of string column names, :class:`_schema.Column` objects, or other column expression objects that will be used to infer a target index. :param index_where: Additional WHERE criterion that can be used to infer a conditional target index. .. seealso:: :ref:`postgresql_insert_on_conflict` """ return self.ext( OnConflictDoNothing(constraint, index_elements, index_where) ) class OnConflictClause(SyntaxExtension, ClauseElement): stringify_dialect = "postgresql" constraint_target: Optional[str] inferred_target_elements: Optional[List[Union[str, schema.Column[Any]]]] inferred_target_whereclause: Optional[ Union[ColumnElement[Any], TextClause] ] _traverse_internals = [ ("constraint_target", InternalTraversal.dp_string), ("inferred_target_elements", InternalTraversal.dp_multi_list), ("inferred_target_whereclause", InternalTraversal.dp_clauseelement), ] def __init__( self, constraint: _OnConflictConstraintT = None, index_elements: _OnConflictIndexElementsT = None, index_where: _OnConflictIndexWhereT = None, ): if constraint is not None: if not isinstance(constraint, str) and isinstance( constraint, (schema.Constraint, ext.ExcludeConstraint), ): constraint = getattr(constraint, "name") or constraint if constraint is not None: if index_elements is not None: raise ValueError( "'constraint' and 'index_elements' are mutually exclusive" ) if isinstance(constraint, str): self.constraint_target = constraint self.inferred_target_elements = None self.inferred_target_whereclause = None elif isinstance(constraint, schema.Index): index_elements = constraint.expressions index_where = constraint.dialect_options["postgresql"].get( "where" ) elif isinstance(constraint, ext.ExcludeConstraint): index_elements = constraint.columns index_where = constraint.where else: index_elements = constraint.columns index_where = constraint.dialect_options["postgresql"].get( "where" ) if index_elements is not None: self.constraint_target = None self.inferred_target_elements = [ coercions.expect(roles.DDLConstraintColumnRole, column) for column in index_elements ] self.inferred_target_whereclause = ( coercions.expect( ( roles.StatementOptionRole if isinstance(constraint, ext.ExcludeConstraint) else roles.WhereHavingRole ), index_where, ) if index_where is not None else None ) elif constraint is None: self.constraint_target = self.inferred_target_elements = ( self.inferred_target_whereclause ) = None def apply_to_insert(self, insert_stmt: StandardInsert) -> None: insert_stmt.apply_syntax_extension_point( self.append_replacing_same_type, "post_values" ) class OnConflictDoNothing(OnConflictClause): __visit_name__ = "on_conflict_do_nothing" inherit_cache = True class OnConflictDoUpdate(OnConflictClause): __visit_name__ = "on_conflict_do_update" update_values_to_set: Dict[_DMLColumnElement, ColumnElement[Any]] update_whereclause: Optional[ColumnElement[Any]] _traverse_internals = OnConflictClause._traverse_internals + [ ("update_values_to_set", InternalTraversal.dp_dml_values), ("update_whereclause", InternalTraversal.dp_clauseelement), ] def __init__( self, constraint: _OnConflictConstraintT = None, index_elements: _OnConflictIndexElementsT = None, index_where: _OnConflictIndexWhereT = None, set_: _OnConflictSetT = None, where: _OnConflictWhereT = None, ): super().__init__( constraint=constraint, index_elements=index_elements, index_where=index_where, ) if ( self.inferred_target_elements is None and self.constraint_target is None ): raise ValueError( "Either constraint or index_elements, " "but not both, must be specified unless DO NOTHING" ) if isinstance(set_, dict): if not set_: raise ValueError("set parameter dictionary must not be empty") elif isinstance(set_, ColumnCollection): set_ = dict(set_) else: raise ValueError( "set parameter must be a non-empty dictionary " "or a ColumnCollection such as the `.c.` collection " "of a Table object" ) self.update_values_to_set = { coercions.expect(roles.DMLColumnRole, k): coercions.expect( roles.ExpressionElementRole, v, type_=NULLTYPE, is_crud=True ) for k, v in set_.items() } self.update_whereclause = ( coercions.expect(roles.WhereHavingRole, where) if where is not None else None )