bug fix: issue with sqlalchemy & python 3.12

transport/sql/common.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ This file encapsulates common operations associated with SQL databases via SQLAl
 
 """
 import sqlalchemy as sqa
-from sqlalchemy import text , MetaData, Table
+from sqlalchemy import text , MetaData, inspect
 
 import pandas as pd
 
@@ -51,16 +51,9 @@ class Base:
         #     _schema = [{"name":_attr.name,"type":_map.get(str(_attr.type),str(_attr.type))} for _attr in _handler.tables[_table].columns]
         #
 
-        # Step 2: Create a MetaData object
-        metadata = MetaData()
-
-        # Step 3: Reflect the table
-        table = Table(_table, metadata, autoload_with=self._engine)
-
-        # Step 4: Print the column names and their types
-        _schema = [{"name":column.name,"type":_map.get(str(column.type),str(column.type))} for column in table.columns]
-        # _schema
-        # print(f"name: {column.name, Type: {column.type}")
+        _inspector = inspect(self._engine)
+        _columns = _inspector.get_columns(_table)
+        _schema = [{'name':column['name'],'type':str(column['type']) } for column in _columns]
         return _schema
     def  has(self,**_args):
         return self.meta(**_args)