added Numeric and Real column types

piccolo/columns/column_types.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import copy
 from datetime import datetime
+import decimal
 import typing as t
 import uuid
 
@@ -231,6 +232,78 @@ def __init__(self, default: bool = False, **kwargs) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
 
+###############################################################################
+
+
+class Numeric(Column):
+    """
+    Used to represent values precisely. The value is returned as a Decimal.
+    """
+
+    value_type = decimal.Decimal
+
+    @property
+    def column_type(self):
+        if self.precision and self.scale:
+            return f"NUMERIC({self.precision}, {self.scale})"
+        else:
+            return "NUMERIC"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        precision: t.Optional[int] = None,
+        scale: t.Optional[int] = None,
+        default: decimal.Decimal = decimal.Decimal(0.0),
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        if (precision, scale).count(None) == 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The precision and scale args should either both be None, or "
+                "neither be None."
+            )
+
+        self.default = default
+        self.precision = precision
+        self.scale = scale
+        kwargs.update(
+            {"default": default, "precision": precision, "scale": scale}
+        )
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+
+class Decimal(Numeric):
+    """
+    An alias for Numeric.
+    """
+
+    pass
+
+
+class Real(Column):
+    """
+    Can be used instead of Numeric when precision isn't as important. The value
+    is returned as a float.
+    """
+
+    value_type = float
+
+    def __init__(self, default: float = 0.0, **kwargs) -> None:
+        self.default = default
+        kwargs.update({"default": default})
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+
+class Float(Real):
+    """
+    An alias for Real.
+    """
+
+    pass
+
+
+###############################################################################
+
+
 class ForeignKey(Integer):
     """
     Returns an integer, representing the referenced row's ID.

piccolo/engine/sqlite.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import contextvars
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from decimal import Decimal
 import os
 import sqlite3
 import typing as t
@@ -14,6 +15,31 @@
 from piccolo.querystring import QueryString
 from piccolo.utils.sync import run_sync
 
+###############################################################################
+
+# We need to register some adapters so sqlite returns types which are more
+# consistent with the Postgres engine.
+
+
+def convert_numeric_out(value: bytes):
+    """
+    Converts the value coming from sqlite.
+    """
+    return Decimal(value.decode("ascii"))
+
+
+def convert_numeric_in(value):
+    """
+    Converts the value being passed into sqlite.
+    """
+    return value if isinstance(value, float) else float(value)
+
+
+sqlite3.register_converter("Numeric", convert_numeric_out)
+sqlite3.register_adapter(Decimal, convert_numeric_in)
+
+###############################################################################
+
 
 @dataclass
 class AsyncBatch(Batch):

tests/columns/test_numeric.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from decimal import Decimal
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from piccolo.table import Table
+from piccolo.columns.column_types import Numeric
+
+
+class MyTable(Table):
+    column_a = Numeric()
+    column_b = Numeric(precision=3, scale=2)
+
+
+class TestNumeric(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        MyTable.create_table().run_sync()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        MyTable.alter().drop_table().run_sync()
+
+    def test_creation(self):
+        row = MyTable(column_a=Decimal(1.23), column_b=Decimal(1.23))
+        row.save().run_sync()
+
+        _row = MyTable.objects().first().run_sync()
+
+        self.assertTrue(type(_row.column_a) == Decimal)
+        self.assertTrue(type(_row.column_b) == Decimal)
+
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(_row.column_a, Decimal(1.23))
+        self.assertEqual(_row.column_b, Decimal("1.23"))

tests/columns/test_real.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from piccolo.table import Table
+from piccolo.columns.column_types import Real
+
+
+class MyTable(Table):
+    column_a = Real()
+
+
+class TestReal(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        MyTable.create_table().run_sync()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        MyTable.alter().drop_table().run_sync()
+
+    def test_creation(self):
+        row = MyTable(column_a=1.23)
+        row.save().run_sync()
+
+        _row = MyTable.objects().first().run_sync()
+        self.assertTrue(type(_row.column_a) == float)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(_row.column_a, 1.23)