I am using flask_sqlalchemy
and I want to define column prompts to be an array which accepts values of any data type, particularly string or json.
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
class PreannotationPrompts(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
name = db.Column(db.String(100), unique = True)
type = db.Column(db.String(100))
'''
Example of values prompts should hold
[
{"key": "value", "key2": []},
'Hello',
{"key": "value", "key2": []},
'Hi'
]
'''
prompts = db.Column(db.String(1000)) # How to define ?
How can I define prompts column appropriately in this case?
2
Answers
SQL is a typed language, you you cannot have a column that accepts "any type". You should rethink your data model. Avoid arrays as column data types.
If you anticipate fluid model within a column you probably should use JSONB type. You can store a dict or an array without a priori declared element’s type.
However, using a schemaless column (like JSONB) can indicate that you have a problem with properly designed data model.