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+# Copyright 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import six
+import uuid
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy
+
+
+def sqlite_alter_columns(table_name, column_defs):
+    """Implement alter columns for SQLite.
+
+    The ALTER COLUMN command isn't supported by SQLite specification.
+    Instead of calling ALTER COLUMN it uses the following workaround:
+
+    * create temp table '{table_name}_{rand_uuid}', with some column
+      defs replaced;
+    * copy all data to the temp table;
+    * drop old table;
+    * rename temp table to the old table name.
+    """
+    connection = op.get_bind()
+    meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData(bind=connection)
+    meta.reflect()
+
+    changed_columns = {}
+    indexes = []
+    for col in column_defs:
+        # If we are to have an index on the column, don't create it
+        # immediately, instead, add it to a list of indexes to create
+        # after the table rename.
+        if col.index:
+            indexes.append(('ix_%s_%s' % (table_name, col.name),
+                            table_name,
+                            [col.name],
+                            col.unique))
+            col.unique = False
+            col.index = False
+        changed_columns[col.name] = col
+
+    # construct lists of all columns and their names
+    old_columns = []
+    new_columns = []
+    column_names = []
+    for column in meta.tables[table_name].columns:
+        column_names.append(column.name)
+        old_columns.append(column)
+        if column.name in changed_columns.keys():
+            new_columns.append(changed_columns[column.name])
+        else:
+            col_copy = column.copy()
+            new_columns.append(col_copy)
+
+    for key in meta.tables[table_name].foreign_keys:
+        constraint = key.constraint
+        con_copy = constraint.copy()
+        new_columns.append(con_copy)
+
+    for index in meta.tables[table_name].indexes:
+        # If this is a single column index for a changed column, don't
+        # copy it because we may already be creating a new version of
+        # it (or removing it).
+        idx_columns = [col.name for col in index.columns]
+        if len(idx_columns)==1 and idx_columns[0] in changed_columns.keys():
+            continue
+        # Otherwise, recreate the index.
+        indexes.append((index.name,
+                        table_name,
+                        [col.name for col in index.columns],
+                        index.unique))
+
+    # create temp table
+    tmp_table_name = "%s_%s" % (table_name, six.text_type(uuid.uuid4()))
+    op.create_table(tmp_table_name, *new_columns)
+    meta.reflect()
+
+    try:
+        # copy data from the old table to the temp one
+        sql_select = sqlalchemy.sql.select(old_columns)
+        connection.execute(sqlalchemy.sql.insert(meta.tables[tmp_table_name])
+                           .from_select(column_names, sql_select))
+    except Exception:
+        op.drop_table(tmp_table_name)
+        raise
+
+    # drop the old table and rename temp table to the old table name
+    op.drop_table(table_name)
+    op.rename_table(tmp_table_name, table_name)
+
+    # (re-)create indexes
+    for index in indexes:
+        op.create_index(op.f(index[0]), index[1], index[2], unique=index[3])