from .tables import metadata
-def connect(uri):
+def connect(uri, **kwargs):
"""Connects to the requested URI. Returns a session object.
Calling this function also binds the metadata object to the created engine.
conn = engine.connect()
metadata.bind = engine
- sm = orm.sessionmaker(autoflush=True, autocommit=False, bind=engine)
+ session_args = dict(autoflush=True, autocommit=False, bind=engine)
+ session_args.update(kwargs)
+ sm = orm.sessionmaker(**session_args)
session = orm.scoped_session(sm)
return session