Release: 2.1.0b1 | Release Date: January 21, 2026

# SQLAlchemy 2.1 Documentation

# Source code for examples.asyncio.greenlet_orm

    """Illustrates use of the sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio.AsyncSession object
    for asynchronous ORM use, including the optional run_sync() method.

    """

    import asyncio

    from sqlalchemy import Column
    from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
    from sqlalchemy import Integer
    from sqlalchemy import String
    from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncAttrs
    from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
    from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine
    from sqlalchemy.future import select
    from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase
    from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship

    class Base(AsyncAttrs, DeclarativeBase):
        pass

    class A(Base):
        __tablename__ = "a"

        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
        data = Column(String)
        bs = relationship("B")

    class B(Base):
        __tablename__ = "b"
        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
        a_id = Column(ForeignKey("a.id"))
        data = Column(String)

    def run_queries(session):
        """A function written in "synchronous" style that will be invoked
        within the asyncio event loop.

        The session object passed is a traditional orm.Session object with
        synchronous interface.

        """

        stmt = select(A)

        result = session.execute(stmt)

        for a1 in result.scalars():
            print(a1)
            # lazy loads
            for b1 in a1.bs:
                print(b1)

        result = session.execute(select(A).order_by(A.id))

        a1 = result.scalars().first()

        a1.data = "new data"

    async def async_main():
        """Main program function."""

        engine = create_async_engine(
            "postgresql+asyncpg://scott:tiger@localhost/test",
            echo=True,
        )
        async with engine.begin() as conn:
            await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.drop_all)
            await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)

        async with AsyncSession(engine) as session:
            async with session.begin():
                session.add_all(
                    [
                        A(bs=[B(), B()], data="a1"),
                        A(bs=[B()], data="a2"),
                        A(bs=[B(), B()], data="a3"),
                    ]
                )

            # we have the option to run a function written in sync style
            # within the AsyncSession.run_sync() method.  The function will
            # be passed a synchronous-style Session object and the function
            # can use traditional ORM patterns.
            await session.run_sync(run_queries)

            await session.commit()

    asyncio.run(async_main())