Can SQLAlchemy be configured to be non-blocking?

Question

I\'m under the impression that database calls through SQLAlchemy will block and aren\'t suitable for use in anything other than synchronous code. Am I correct (I hope I\'m n

Answer 1

Without the help of greenlet, the answer is no, in the context of asyncio.

However it is possible to use only a part of SQLAlchemy in asyncio. Please find example in the GINO project, where we used only SQLAlchemy core without engine and full execution context to make a simple ORM in asyncio.