import cx_Oracle from django.db.backends.oracle.introspection import DatabaseIntrospection class OracleIntrospection(DatabaseIntrospection): # Associating any OBJECTVAR instances with GeometryField. Of course, # this won't work right on Oracle objects that aren't MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY, # but it is the only object type supported within Django anyways. data_types_reverse = DatabaseIntrospection.data_types_reverse.copy() data_types_reverse[cx_Oracle.OBJECT] = 'GeometryField' def get_geometry_type(self, table_name, geo_col): cursor = self.connection.cursor() try: # Querying USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA to get the SRID and dimension information. try: cursor.execute('SELECT "DIMINFO", "SRID" FROM "USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA" WHERE "TABLE_NAME"=%s AND "COLUMN_NAME"=%s', (table_name.upper(), geo_col.upper())) row = cursor.fetchone() except Exception, msg: raise Exception('Could not find entry in USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA corresponding to "%s"."%s"\n' 'Error message: %s.' % (table_name, geo_col, msg)) # TODO: Research way to find a more specific geometry field type for # the column's contents. field_type = 'GeometryField' # Getting the field parameters. field_params = {} dim, srid = row if srid != 4326: field_params['srid'] = srid # Length of object array ( SDO_DIM_ARRAY ) is number of dimensions. dim = len(dim) if dim != 2: field_params['dim'] = dim finally: cursor.close() return field_type, field_params