diff --git a/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/controllers.py b/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/controllers.py
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+++ b/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/controllers.py
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+from wsme.rest import expose, validate
+import wsme.types
+
+from wsmeext.sqlalchemy.types import SQLAlchemyRegistry
+
+
+class CRUDControllerMeta(type):
+    def __init__(cls, name, bases, dct):
+        if cls.__saclass__ is not None:
+            if cls.__registry__ is None:
+                cls.__registry__ = wsme.types.registry
+            if cls.__wstype__ is None:
+                cls.__wstype__ = cls.__registry__.resolve_type(
+                    SQLAlchemyRegistry.get(
+                        cls.__registry__).getdatatype(cls.__saclass__))
+
+            cls.create = expose(
+                cls.__wstype__,
+                method='PUT',
+                wrap=True
+            )(cls.create)
+            cls.create = validate(cls.__wstype__)(cls.create)
+
+            cls.read = expose(
+                cls.__wstype__,
+                method='GET',
+                wrap=True
+            )(cls.read)
+            cls.read = validate(cls.__wstype__)(cls.read)
+
+            cls.update = expose(
+                cls.__wstype__,
+                method='POST',
+                wrap=True
+            )(cls.update)
+            cls.update = validate(cls.__wstype__)(cls.update)
+
+            cls.delete = expose(
+                method='DELETE',
+                wrap=True
+            )(cls.delete)
+            cls.delete = validate(cls.__wstype__)(cls.delete)
+
+        super(CRUDControllerMeta, cls).__init__(name, bases, dct)
+
+
+class CRUDControllerBase(object):
+    __registry__ = None
+    __saclass__ = None
+    __wstype__ = None
+    __dbsession__ = None
+
+    def _create_one(self, data):
+        obj = self.__saclass__()
+        data.to_instance(obj)
+        self.__dbsession__.add(obj)
+        return obj
+
+    def _get_one(self, ref):
+        q = self.__dbsession__.query(self.__saclass__)
+        q = q.filter(ref.get_ref_criterion())
+        return q.one()
+
+    def _update_one(self, data):
+        obj = self._get_one(data)
+        if obj is None:
+            raise ValueError("No match for data=%s" % data)
+        data.to_instance(obj)
+        return obj
+
+    def _delete(self, ref):
+        obj = self._get_one(ref)
+        self.__dbsession__.delete(obj)
+
+    def create(self, data):
+        obj = self._create_one(data)
+        self.__dbsession__.flush()
+        return self.__wstype__(obj)
+
+    def read(self, ref):
+        obj = self._get_one(ref)
+        return self.__wstype__(obj)
+
+    def update(self, data):
+        obj = self._update_one(data)
+        self.__dbsession__.flush()
+        return self.__wstype__(obj)
+
+    def delete(self, ref):
+        self._delete(ref)
+        self.__dbsession__.flush()
+        return None
+
+CRUDController = CRUDControllerMeta(
+        'CRUDController', (CRUDControllerBase,), {})
diff --git a/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/types.py b/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/types.py
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+++ b/wsmeext/sqlalchemy/types.py
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+import datetime
+import decimal
+import logging
+
+import six
+
+from sqlalchemy.orm import class_mapper
+from sqlalchemy.orm.properties import ColumnProperty, RelationProperty
+
+import sqlalchemy.types
+
+import wsme.types
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyRegistry(object):
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, registry):
+        if not hasattr(registry, 'sqlalchemy'):
+            registry.sqlalchemy = SQLAlchemyRegistry()
+        return registry.sqlalchemy
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.types = {}
+        self.satypeclasses = {
+            sqlalchemy.types.Integer: int,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Boolean: bool,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Float: float,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Numeric: decimal.Decimal,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Date: datetime.date,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Time: datetime.time,
+            sqlalchemy.types.DateTime: datetime.datetime,
+            sqlalchemy.types.String: wsme.types.text,
+            sqlalchemy.types.Unicode: wsme.types.text,
+        }
+
+    def getdatatype(self, sadatatype):
+        if sadatatype.__class__ in self.satypeclasses:
+            return self.satypeclasses[sadatatype.__class__]
+        elif sadatatype in self.types:
+            return self.types[sadatatype]
+        else:
+            return sadatatype.__name__
+
+
+def register_saclass(registry, saclass, typename=None):
+    """Associate a webservice type name to a SQLAlchemy mapped class.
+    The default typename if the saclass name itself.
+    """
+    if typename is None:
+        typename = saclass.__name__
+
+    SQLAlchemyRegistry.get(registry).types[saclass] = typename
+
+
+class wsattr(wsme.types.wsattr):
+    def __init__(self, datatype, saproperty=None, **kw):
+        super(wsattr, self).__init__(datatype, **kw)
+        self.saname = saproperty.key
+        self.saproperty = saproperty
+        self.isrelation = isinstance(saproperty, RelationProperty)
+
+
+def make_wsattr(registry, saproperty):
+    datatype = None
+    if isinstance(saproperty, ColumnProperty):
+        if len(saproperty.columns) > 1:
+            log.warning("Cannot handle multi-column ColumnProperty")
+            return None
+        datatype = SQLAlchemyRegistry.get(registry).getdatatype(
+            saproperty.columns[0].type)
+    elif isinstance(saproperty, RelationProperty):
+        other_saclass = saproperty.mapper.class_
+        datatype = SQLAlchemyRegistry.get(registry).getdatatype(
+                other_saclass)
+        if saproperty.uselist:
+            datatype = [datatype]
+    else:
+        log.warning("Don't know how to handle %s attributes" %
+                    saproperty.__class__)
+
+    if datatype:
+        return wsattr(datatype, saproperty)
+
+
+class BaseMeta(wsme.types.BaseMeta):
+    def __new__(cls, name, bases, dct):
+        if '__registry__' not in dct:
+            dct['__registry__'] = wsme.types.registry
+        return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, dct)
+
+    def __init__(cls, name, bases, dct):
+        saclass = getattr(cls, '__saclass__', None)
+        if saclass:
+            mapper = class_mapper(saclass)
+            cls._pkey_attrs = []
+            cls._ref_attrs = []
+            for prop in mapper.iterate_properties:
+                key = prop.key
+                if hasattr(cls, key):
+                    continue
+                if key.startswith('_'):
+                    continue
+                attr = make_wsattr(cls.__registry__, prop)
+                if attr is not None:
+                    setattr(cls, key, attr)
+
+                if attr and isinstance(prop, ColumnProperty) and \
+                        prop.columns[0] in mapper.primary_key:
+                    cls._pkey_attrs.append(attr)
+                    cls._ref_attrs.append(attr)
+
+            register_saclass(cls.__registry__, cls.__saclass__, cls.__name__)
+        super(BaseMeta, cls).__init__(name, bases, dct)
+
+
+class Base(six.with_metaclass(BaseMeta, wsme.types.Base)):
+    def __init__(self, instance=None, keyonly=False, attrs=None, eagerload=[]):
+        if instance:
+            self.from_instance(instance, keyonly, attrs, eagerload)
+
+    def from_instance(self, instance, keyonly=False, attrs=None, eagerload=[]):
+        if keyonly:
+            attrs = self._pkey_attrs + self._ref_attrs
+        for attr in self._wsme_attributes:
+            if not isinstance(attr, wsattr):
+                continue
+            if attrs and not attr.isrelation and not attr.name in attrs:
+                continue
+            if attr.isrelation and not attr.name in eagerload:
+                continue
+            value = getattr(instance, attr.saname)
+            if attr.isrelation:
+                attr_keyonly = attr.name not in eagerload
+                attr_attrs = None
+                attr_eagerload = []
+                if not attr_keyonly:
+                    attr_attrs = [
+                        aname[len(attr.name) + 1:]
+                        for aname in attrs
+                        if aname.startswith(attr.name + '.')
+                    ]
+                    attr_eagerload = [
+                        aname[len(attr.name) + 1:]
+                        for aname in eagerload
+                        if aname.startswith(attr.name + '.')
+                    ]
+                if attr.saproperty.uselist:
+                    value = [
+                        attr.datatype.item_type(
+                            o,
+                            keyonly=attr_keyonly,
+                            attrs=attr_attrs,
+                            eagerload=attr_eagerload
+                        )
+                        for o in value
+                    ]
+                else:
+                    value = attr.datatype(
+                        value,
+                        keyonly=attr_keyonly,
+                        attrs=attr_attrs,
+                        eagerload=attr_eagerload
+                    )
+            attr.__set__(self, value)
+
+    def to_instance(self, instance):
+        for attr in self._wsme_attributes:
+            if isinstance(attr, wsattr):
+                value = attr.__get__(self, self.__class__)
+                if value is not wsme.types.Unset:
+                    setattr(instance, attr.saname, value)
+
+    def get_ref_criterion(self):
+        """Returns a criterion that match a database object
+        having the pkey/ref attribute values of this webservice object"""
+        criterions = []
+        for attr in self._pkey_attrs + self._ref_attrs:
+            value = attr.__get__(self, self.__class__)
+            if value is not wsme.types.Unset:
+                criterions.append(attr.saproperty == value)
+
+
+def generate_types(*classes, **kw):
+    registry = kw.pop('registry', wsme.types.registry)
+    prefix = kw.pop('prefix', '')
+    postfix = kw.pop('postfix', '')
+    makename = kw.pop('makename', lambda s: prefix + s + postfix)
+
+    newtypes = {}
+    for c in classes:
+        if isinstance(c, list):
+            newtypes.update(generate_types(c))
+        else:
+            name = makename(c.__name__)
+            newtypes[name] = BaseMeta(name, (Base, ), {
+                '__saclass__': c,
+                '__registry__': registry
+            })
+    return newtypes
diff --git a/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_controllers.py b/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_controllers.py
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index 0000000..401ada1
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+++ b/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_controllers.py
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+import datetime
+
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+from webtest import TestApp
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, Unicode, Date, ForeignKey
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relation
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, scoped_session
+
+from wsme import WSRoot
+import wsme.types
+
+from wsmeext.sqlalchemy.types import generate_types
+from wsmeext.sqlalchemy.controllers import CRUDController
+
+from six import u
+
+engine = create_engine('sqlite:///')
+DBSession = scoped_session(sessionmaker(autocommit=False,
+                                      autoflush=False,
+                                      bind=engine))
+DBBase = declarative_base()
+
+registry = wsme.types.Registry()
+
+
+class DBPerson(DBBase):
+    __tablename__ = 'person'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(Unicode(50))
+    birthdate = Column(Date)
+
+    addresses = relation('DBAddress')
+
+
+class DBAddress(DBBase):
+    __tablename__ = 'address'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+
+    _person_id = Column('person_id', ForeignKey(DBPerson.id))
+
+    street = Column(Unicode(50))
+    city = Column(Unicode(50))
+
+    person = relation(DBPerson)
+
+
+globals().update(
+    generate_types(DBPerson, DBAddress,
+        makename=lambda s: s[2:], registry=registry))
+
+
+class PersonController(CRUDController):
+    __saclass__ = DBPerson
+    __dbsession__ = DBSession
+    __registry__ = registry
+
+
+class AddressController(CRUDController):
+    __saclass__ = DBAddress
+    __dbsession__ = DBSession
+    __registry__ = registry
+
+
+class Root(WSRoot):
+    __registry__ = registry
+
+    person = PersonController()
+    address = AddressController()
+
+
+class TestCRUDController():
+    def setUp(self):
+        DBBase.metadata.create_all(DBSession.bind)
+
+        self.root = Root()
+        self.root.getapi()
+        self.root.addprotocol('restjson')
+
+        self.app = TestApp(self.root.wsgiapp())
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        DBBase.metadata.drop_all(DBSession.bind)
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        data = dict(data=dict(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=u('1809-01-15')
+        ))
+        r = self.app.post('/person/create', json.dumps(data),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_PUT(self):
+        data = dict(data=dict(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=u('1809-01-15')
+        ))
+        r = self.app.put('/person', json.dumps(data),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_read(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        r = self.app.post('/person/read', '{"ref": {"id": %s}}' % pid,
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_GET(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        r = self.app.get('/person?ref.id=%s' % pid,
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_update(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        data = {
+            "id": pid,
+            "name": u('Pierre-Joseph Proudon')
+        }
+        r = self.app.post('/person/update', json.dumps(dict(data=data)),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph Proudon')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_POST(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        data = {
+            "id": pid,
+            "name": u('Pierre-Joseph Proudon')
+        }
+        r = self.app.post('/person', json.dumps(dict(data=data)),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        r = json.loads(r.text)
+        print(r)
+        assert r['name'] == u('Pierre-Joseph Proudon')
+        assert r['birthdate'] == u('1809-01-15')
+
+    def test_delete(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        r = self.app.post('/person/delete', json.dumps(
+            dict(ref=dict(id=pid))),
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        print(r)
+        assert DBSession.query(DBPerson).get(pid) is None
+
+    def test_DELETE(self):
+        p = DBPerson(
+            name=u('Pierre-Joseph'),
+            birthdate=datetime.date(1809, 1, 15))
+        DBSession.add(p)
+        DBSession.flush()
+        pid = p.id
+        r = self.app.delete('/person?ref.id=%s' % pid,
+            headers={
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            })
+        print(r)
+        assert DBSession.query(DBPerson).get(pid) is None
+
+    def test_nothing(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_types.py b/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8512015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wsmeext/tests/test_sqlalchemy_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import datetime
+
+import wsmeext.sqlalchemy.types
+
+from wsme.types import text, Unset, isarray
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, Date, ForeignKey
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relation
+
+from six import u
+
+SABase = declarative_base()
+
+
+class SomeClass(SABase):
+    __tablename__ = 'some_table'
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(String(50))
+
+    adate = Column(Date)
+
+
+def test_complextype():
+    class AType(wsmeext.sqlalchemy.types.Base):
+        __saclass__ = SomeClass
+
+    assert AType.id.datatype is int
+    assert AType.name.datatype is text
+    assert AType.adate.datatype is datetime.date
+
+    a = AType()
+    s = SomeClass(name=u('aname'), adate=datetime.date(2012, 6, 26))
+    assert s.name == u('aname')
+
+    a.from_instance(s)
+    assert a.name == u('aname')
+    assert a.adate == datetime.date(2012, 6, 26)
+
+    a.name = u('test')
+    del a.adate
+    assert a.adate is Unset
+
+    a.to_instance(s)
+    assert s.name == u('test')
+    assert s.adate == datetime.date(2012, 6, 26)
+
+
+def test_generate():
+    class A(SABase):
+        __tablename__ = 'a'
+        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+        name = Column(String(50))
+
+        _b_id = Column(ForeignKey('b.id'))
+
+        b = relation('B')
+
+    class B(SABase):
+        __tablename__ = 'b'
+        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+        name = Column(String(50))
+
+        alist = relation(A)
+
+    newtypes = wsmeext.sqlalchemy.types.generate_types(A, B)
+
+    assert newtypes['A'].id.datatype is int
+    assert newtypes['A'].b.datatype is newtypes['B']
+    assert newtypes['B'].id.datatype is int
+    assert isarray(newtypes['B'].alist.datatype)
+    assert newtypes['B'].alist.datatype.item_type is newtypes['A']