class Node(Repr, Base): __tablename__ = 'confignode' name = Column(String, name = 'node', primary_key = True) last_report_time = Column(DateTime) # Works for row in db.query(Node, sqlalchemy.literal_column("2 + 2").label("foo")): print row # Doesn't work for row in db.query(Node, sqlalchemy.literal_column("2 + 2")): print row