SQLAlchemy 2.1.0b2__cp313-cp313t-win_arm64.whl

sqlalchemy/orm/context.py

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+# orm/context.py
+# Copyright (C) 2005-2026 the SQLAlchemy authors and contributors
+# <see AUTHORS file>
+#
+# This module is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under
+# the MIT License: https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+# mypy: ignore-errors
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import collections
+import itertools
+from typing import Any
+from typing import cast
+from typing import Dict
+from typing import Iterable
+from typing import List
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Set
+from typing import Tuple
+from typing import Type
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TypeVar
+from typing import Union
+
+from . import attributes
+from . import interfaces
+from . import loading
+from .base import _is_aliased_class
+from .interfaces import ORMColumnDescription
+from .interfaces import ORMColumnsClauseRole
+from .path_registry import PathRegistry
+from .util import _entity_corresponds_to
+from .util import _ORMJoin
+from .util import _TraceAdaptRole
+from .util import AliasedClass
+from .util import Bundle
+from .util import ORMAdapter
+from .util import ORMStatementAdapter
+from .. import exc as sa_exc
+from .. import future
+from .. import inspect
+from .. import sql
+from .. import util
+from ..sql import coercions
+from ..sql import expression
+from ..sql import roles
+from ..sql import util as sql_util
+from ..sql import visitors
+from ..sql._typing import is_dml
+from ..sql._typing import is_insert_update
+from ..sql._typing import is_select_base
+from ..sql.base import _select_iterables
+from ..sql.base import CacheableOptions
+from ..sql.base import CompileState
+from ..sql.base import Executable
+from ..sql.base import ExecutableStatement
+from ..sql.base import Generative
+from ..sql.base import Options
+from ..sql.dml import UpdateBase
+from ..sql.elements import GroupedElement
+from ..sql.elements import TextClause
+from ..sql.selectable import CompoundSelectState
+from ..sql.selectable import LABEL_STYLE_DISAMBIGUATE_ONLY
+from ..sql.selectable import LABEL_STYLE_NONE
+from ..sql.selectable import LABEL_STYLE_TABLENAME_PLUS_COL
+from ..sql.selectable import Select
+from ..sql.selectable import SelectLabelStyle
+from ..sql.selectable import SelectState
+from ..sql.selectable import TypedReturnsRows
+from ..sql.visitors import InternalTraversal
+from ..util.typing import TupleAny
+from ..util.typing import TypeVarTuple
+from ..util.typing import Unpack
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ._typing import _InternalEntityType
+    from ._typing import OrmExecuteOptionsParameter
+    from .loading import _PostLoad
+    from .mapper import Mapper
+    from .query import Query
+    from .session import _BindArguments
+    from .session import Session
+    from ..engine import Result
+    from ..engine.interfaces import _CoreSingleExecuteParams
+    from ..sql._typing import _ColumnsClauseArgument
+    from ..sql.compiler import SQLCompiler
+    from ..sql.dml import _DMLTableElement
+    from ..sql.elements import ColumnElement
+    from ..sql.selectable import _JoinTargetElement
+    from ..sql.selectable import _LabelConventionCallable
+    from ..sql.selectable import _SetupJoinsElement
+    from ..sql.selectable import ExecutableReturnsRows
+    from ..sql.selectable import SelectBase
+    from ..sql.type_api import TypeEngine
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T", bound=Any)
+_Ts = TypeVarTuple("_Ts")
+_path_registry = PathRegistry.root
+
+LABEL_STYLE_LEGACY_ORM = SelectLabelStyle.LABEL_STYLE_LEGACY_ORM
+
+
+class QueryContext:
+    __slots__ = (
+        "top_level_context",
+        "compile_state",
+        "query",
+        "user_passed_query",
+        "params",
+        "load_options",
+        "bind_arguments",
+        "execution_options",
+        "session",
+        "autoflush",
+        "populate_existing",
+        "invoke_all_eagers",
+        "version_check",
+        "refresh_state",
+        "create_eager_joins",
+        "propagated_loader_options",
+        "attributes",
+        "runid",
+        "partials",
+        "post_load_paths",
+        "identity_token",
+        "yield_per",
+        "loaders_require_buffering",
+        "loaders_require_uniquing",
+    )
+
+    runid: int
+    post_load_paths: Dict[PathRegistry, _PostLoad]
+    compile_state: _ORMCompileState
+
+    class default_load_options(Options):
+        _only_return_tuples = False
+        _populate_existing = False
+        _version_check = False
+        _invoke_all_eagers = True
+        _autoflush = True
+        _identity_token = None
+        _yield_per = None
+        _refresh_state = None
+        _lazy_loaded_from = None
+        _legacy_uniquing = False
+        _sa_top_level_orm_context = None
+        _is_user_refresh = False
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        compile_state: CompileState,
+        statement: Union[
+            Select[Unpack[TupleAny]],
+            FromStatement[Unpack[TupleAny]],
+            UpdateBase,
+        ],
+        user_passed_query: Union[
+            Select[Unpack[TupleAny]],
+            FromStatement[Unpack[TupleAny]],
+            UpdateBase,
+        ],
+        params: _CoreSingleExecuteParams,
+        session: Session,
+        load_options: Union[
+            Type[QueryContext.default_load_options],
+            QueryContext.default_load_options,
+        ],
+        execution_options: Optional[OrmExecuteOptionsParameter] = None,
+        bind_arguments: Optional[_BindArguments] = None,
+    ):
+        self.load_options = load_options
+        self.execution_options = execution_options or util.EMPTY_DICT
+        self.bind_arguments = bind_arguments or util.EMPTY_DICT
+        self.compile_state = compile_state
+        self.query = statement
+
+        # the query that the end user passed to Session.execute() or similar.
+        # this is usually the same as .query, except in the bulk_persistence
+        # routines where a separate FromStatement is manufactured in the
+        # compile stage; this allows differentiation in that case.
+        self.user_passed_query = user_passed_query
+
+        self.session = session
+        self.loaders_require_buffering = False
+        self.loaders_require_uniquing = False
+        self.params = params
+        self.top_level_context = load_options._sa_top_level_orm_context
+
+        cached_options = compile_state.select_statement._with_options
+        uncached_options = user_passed_query._with_options
+
+        # see issue #7447 , #8399 for some background
+        # propagated loader options will be present on loaded InstanceState
+        # objects under state.load_options and are typically used by
+        # LazyLoader to apply options to the SELECT statement it emits.
+        # For compile state options (i.e. loader strategy options), these
+        # need to line up with the ".load_path" attribute which in
+        # loader.py is pulled from context.compile_state.current_path.
+        # so, this means these options have to be the ones from the
+        # *cached* statement that's travelling with compile_state, not the
+        # *current* statement which won't match up for an ad-hoc
+        # AliasedClass
+        self.propagated_loader_options = tuple(
+            opt._adapt_cached_option_to_uncached_option(self, uncached_opt)
+            for opt, uncached_opt in zip(cached_options, uncached_options)
+            if opt.propagate_to_loaders
+        )
+
+        self.attributes = dict(compile_state.attributes)
+
+        self.autoflush = load_options._autoflush
+        self.populate_existing = load_options._populate_existing
+        self.invoke_all_eagers = load_options._invoke_all_eagers
+        self.version_check = load_options._version_check
+        self.refresh_state = load_options._refresh_state
+        self.yield_per = load_options._yield_per
+        self.identity_token = load_options._identity_token
+
+    def _get_top_level_context(self) -> QueryContext:
+        return self.top_level_context or self
+
+
+_orm_load_exec_options = util.immutabledict(
+    {"_result_disable_adapt_to_context": True}
+)
+
+
+class _AbstractORMCompileState(CompileState):
+    is_dml_returning = False
+
+    def _init_global_attributes(
+        self, statement, compiler, *, toplevel, process_criteria_for_toplevel
+    ):
+        self.attributes = {}
+
+        if compiler is None:
+            # this is the legacy / testing only ORM _compile_state() use case.
+            # there is no need to apply criteria options for this.
+            self.global_attributes = {}
+            assert toplevel
+            return
+        else:
+            self.global_attributes = ga = compiler._global_attributes
+
+        if toplevel:
+            ga["toplevel_orm"] = True
+
+            if process_criteria_for_toplevel:
+                for opt in statement._with_options:
+                    if opt._is_criteria_option:
+                        opt.process_compile_state(self)
+
+            return
+        elif ga.get("toplevel_orm", False):
+            return
+
+        stack_0 = compiler.stack[0]
+
+        try:
+            toplevel_stmt = stack_0["selectable"]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            for opt in toplevel_stmt._with_options:
+                if opt._is_compile_state and opt._is_criteria_option:
+                    opt.process_compile_state(self)
+
+        ga["toplevel_orm"] = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_for_statement(
+        cls,
+        statement: Executable,
+        compiler: SQLCompiler,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> CompileState:
+        """Create a context for a statement given a :class:`.Compiler`.
+
+        This method is always invoked in the context of SQLCompiler.process().
+
+        For a Select object, this would be invoked from
+        SQLCompiler.visit_select(). For the special FromStatement object used
+        by Query to indicate "Query.from_statement()", this is called by
+        FromStatement._compiler_dispatch() that would be called by
+        SQLCompiler.process().
+        """
+        return super().create_for_statement(statement, compiler, **kw)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_pre_session_exec(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        is_pre_event,
+    ):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_execute_statement(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        conn,
+    ) -> Result:
+        result = conn.execute(
+            statement, params or {}, execution_options=execution_options
+        )
+        return cls.orm_setup_cursor_result(
+            session,
+            statement,
+            params,
+            execution_options,
+            bind_arguments,
+            result,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_setup_cursor_result(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        result,
+    ):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class _AutoflushOnlyORMCompileState(_AbstractORMCompileState):
+    """ORM compile state that is a passthrough, except for autoflush."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_pre_session_exec(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        is_pre_event,
+    ):
+        # consume result-level load_options.  These may have been set up
+        # in an ORMExecuteState hook
+        (
+            load_options,
+            execution_options,
+        ) = QueryContext.default_load_options.from_execution_options(
+            "_sa_orm_load_options",
+            {
+                "autoflush",
+            },
+            execution_options,
+            statement._execution_options,
+        )
+
+        if not is_pre_event and load_options._autoflush:
+            session._autoflush()
+
+        return statement, execution_options, params
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_setup_cursor_result(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        result,
+    ):
+        return result
+
+
+class _ORMCompileState(_AbstractORMCompileState):
+    class default_compile_options(CacheableOptions):
+        _cache_key_traversal = [
+            ("_use_legacy_query_style", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_for_statement", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_bake_ok", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_current_path", InternalTraversal.dp_has_cache_key),
+            ("_enable_single_crit", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_enable_eagerloads", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_only_load_props", InternalTraversal.dp_plain_obj),
+            ("_set_base_alias", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_for_refresh_state", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_render_for_subquery", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+            ("_is_star", InternalTraversal.dp_boolean),
+        ]
+
+        # set to True by default from Query._statement_20(), to indicate
+        # the rendered query should look like a legacy ORM query.  right
+        # now this basically indicates we should use tablename_columnname
+        # style labels.    Generally indicates the statement originated
+        # from a Query object.
+        _use_legacy_query_style = False
+
+        # set *only* when we are coming from the Query.statement
+        # accessor, or a Query-level equivalent such as
+        # query.subquery().  this supersedes "toplevel".
+        _for_statement = False
+
+        _bake_ok = True
+        _current_path = _path_registry
+        _enable_single_crit = True
+        _enable_eagerloads = True
+        _only_load_props = None
+        _set_base_alias = False
+        _for_refresh_state = False
+        _render_for_subquery = False
+        _is_star = False
+
+    attributes: Dict[Any, Any]
+    global_attributes: Dict[Any, Any]
+
+    statement: Union[
+        Select[Unpack[TupleAny]], FromStatement[Unpack[TupleAny]], UpdateBase
+    ]
+    select_statement: Union[
+        Select[Unpack[TupleAny]], FromStatement[Unpack[TupleAny]]
+    ]
+    _entities: List[_QueryEntity]
+    _polymorphic_adapters: Dict[_InternalEntityType, ORMAdapter]
+    compile_options: Union[
+        Type[default_compile_options], default_compile_options
+    ]
+    _primary_entity: Optional[_QueryEntity]
+    use_legacy_query_style: bool
+    _label_convention: _LabelConventionCallable
+    primary_columns: List[ColumnElement[Any]]
+    secondary_columns: List[ColumnElement[Any]]
+    dedupe_columns: Set[ColumnElement[Any]]
+    create_eager_joins: List[
+        # TODO: this structure is set up by JoinedLoader
+        TupleAny
+    ]
+    current_path: PathRegistry = _path_registry
+    _has_mapper_entities = False
+
+    def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_for_statement(
+        cls,
+        statement: Executable,
+        compiler: SQLCompiler,
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _ORMCompileState:
+        return cls._create_orm_context(
+            cast("Union[Select, FromStatement]", statement),
+            toplevel=not compiler.stack,
+            compiler=compiler,
+            **kw,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_orm_context(
+        cls,
+        statement: Union[Select, FromStatement],
+        *,
+        toplevel: bool,
+        compiler: Optional[SQLCompiler],
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _ORMCompileState:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def _append_dedupe_col_collection(self, obj, col_collection):
+        dedupe = self.dedupe_columns
+        if obj not in dedupe:
+            dedupe.add(obj)
+            col_collection.append(obj)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _column_naming_convention(
+        cls, label_style: SelectLabelStyle, legacy: bool
+    ) -> _LabelConventionCallable:
+        if legacy:
+
+            def name(col, col_name=None):
+                if col_name:
+                    return col_name
+                else:
+                    return getattr(col, "key")
+
+            return name
+        else:
+            return SelectState._column_naming_convention(label_style)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_column_descriptions(cls, statement):
+        return _column_descriptions(statement)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_pre_session_exec(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        is_pre_event,
+    ):
+        # consume result-level load_options.  These may have been set up
+        # in an ORMExecuteState hook
+        (
+            load_options,
+            execution_options,
+        ) = QueryContext.default_load_options.from_execution_options(
+            "_sa_orm_load_options",
+            {
+                "populate_existing",
+                "autoflush",
+                "yield_per",
+                "identity_token",
+                "sa_top_level_orm_context",
+            },
+            execution_options,
+            statement._execution_options,
+        )
+
+        # default execution options for ORM results:
+        # 1. _result_disable_adapt_to_context=True
+        #    this will disable the ResultSetMetadata._adapt_to_context()
+        #    step which we don't need, as we have result processors cached
+        #    against the original SELECT statement before caching.
+
+        if "sa_top_level_orm_context" in execution_options:
+            ctx = execution_options["sa_top_level_orm_context"]
+            execution_options = ctx.query._execution_options.merge_with(
+                ctx.execution_options, execution_options
+            )
+
+        if not execution_options:
+            execution_options = _orm_load_exec_options
+        else:
+            execution_options = execution_options.union(_orm_load_exec_options)
+
+        # would have been placed here by legacy Query only
+        if load_options._yield_per:
+            execution_options = execution_options.union(
+                {"yield_per": load_options._yield_per}
+            )
+
+        if (
+            getattr(statement._compile_options, "_current_path", None)
+            and len(statement._compile_options._current_path) > 10
+            and execution_options.get("compiled_cache", True) is not None
+        ):
+            execution_options: util.immutabledict[str, Any] = (
+                execution_options.union(
+                    {
+                        "compiled_cache": None,
+                        "_cache_disable_reason": "excess depth for "
+                        "ORM loader options",
+                    }
+                )
+            )
+
+        bind_arguments["clause"] = statement
+
+        # new in 1.4 - the coercions system is leveraged to allow the
+        # "subject" mapper of a statement be propagated to the top
+        # as the statement is built.   "subject" mapper is the generally
+        # standard object used as an identifier for multi-database schemes.
+
+        # we are here based on the fact that _propagate_attrs contains
+        # "compile_state_plugin": "orm".   The "plugin_subject"
+        # needs to be present as well.
+
+        try:
+            plugin_subject = statement._propagate_attrs["plugin_subject"]
+        except KeyError:
+            assert False, "statement had 'orm' plugin but no plugin_subject"
+        else:
+            if plugin_subject:
+                bind_arguments["mapper"] = plugin_subject.mapper
+
+        if not is_pre_event and load_options._autoflush:
+            session._autoflush()
+
+        return statement, execution_options, params
+
+    @classmethod
+    def orm_setup_cursor_result(
+        cls,
+        session,
+        statement,
+        params,
+        execution_options,
+        bind_arguments,
+        result,
+    ):
+        execution_context = result.context
+        compile_state = execution_context.compiled.compile_state
+
+        # cover edge case where ORM entities used in legacy select
+        # were passed to session.execute:
+        # session.execute(legacy_select([User.id, User.name]))
+        # see test_query->test_legacy_tuple_old_select
+
+        load_options = execution_options.get(
+            "_sa_orm_load_options", QueryContext.default_load_options
+        )
+
+        if compile_state.compile_options._is_star:
+            return result
+
+        querycontext = QueryContext(
+            compile_state,
+            statement,
+            statement,
+            params,
+            session,
+            load_options,
+            execution_options,
+            bind_arguments,
+        )
+        return loading.instances(result, querycontext)
+
+    @property
+    def _lead_mapper_entities(self):
+        """return all _MapperEntity objects in the lead entities collection.
+
+        Does **not** include entities that have been replaced by
+        with_entities(), with_only_columns()
+
+        """
+        return [
+            ent for ent in self._entities if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity)
+        ]
+
+    def _create_with_polymorphic_adapter(self, ext_info, selectable):
+        """given MapperEntity or ORMColumnEntity, setup polymorphic loading
+        if called for by the Mapper.
+
+        As of #8168 in 2.0.0rc1, polymorphic adapters, which greatly increase
+        the complexity of the query creation process, are not used at all
+        except in the quasi-legacy cases of with_polymorphic referring to an
+        alias and/or subquery. This would apply to concrete polymorphic
+        loading, and joined inheritance where a subquery is
+        passed to with_polymorphic (which is completely unnecessary in modern
+        use).
+
+        TODO: What is a "quasi-legacy" case?   Do we need this method with
+        2.0 style select() queries or not?   Why is with_polymorphic referring
+        to an alias or subquery "legacy" ?
+
+        """
+        if (
+            not ext_info.is_aliased_class
+            and ext_info.mapper.persist_selectable
+            not in self._polymorphic_adapters
+        ):
+            for mp in ext_info.mapper.iterate_to_root():
+                self._mapper_loads_polymorphically_with(
+                    mp,
+                    ORMAdapter(
+                        _TraceAdaptRole.WITH_POLYMORPHIC_ADAPTER,
+                        mp,
+                        equivalents=mp._equivalent_columns,
+                        selectable=selectable,
+                    ),
+                )
+
+    def _mapper_loads_polymorphically_with(self, mapper, adapter):
+        for m2 in mapper._with_polymorphic_mappers or [mapper]:
+            self._polymorphic_adapters[m2] = adapter
+
+            for m in m2.iterate_to_root():
+                self._polymorphic_adapters[m.local_table] = adapter
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_entities_collection(cls, query, legacy):
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "this method only works for ORMSelectCompileState"
+        )
+
+
+class _DMLReturningColFilter:
+    """a base for an adapter used for the DML RETURNING cases
+
+    Has a subset of the interface used by
+    :class:`.ORMAdapter` and is used for :class:`._QueryEntity`
+    instances to set up their columns as used in RETURNING for a
+    DML statement.
+
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("mapper", "columns", "__weakref__")
+
+    def __init__(self, target_mapper, immediate_dml_mapper):
+        if (
+            immediate_dml_mapper is not None
+            and target_mapper.local_table
+            is not immediate_dml_mapper.local_table
+        ):
+            # joined inh, or in theory other kinds of multi-table mappings
+            self.mapper = immediate_dml_mapper
+        else:
+            # single inh, normal mappings, etc.
+            self.mapper = target_mapper
+        self.columns = self.columns = util.WeakPopulateDict(
+            self.adapt_check_present  # type: ignore
+        )
+
+    def __call__(self, col, as_filter):
+        for cc in sql_util._find_columns(col):
+            c2 = self.adapt_check_present(cc)
+            if c2 is not None:
+                return col
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def adapt_check_present(self, col):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class _DMLBulkInsertReturningColFilter(_DMLReturningColFilter):
+    """an adapter used for the DML RETURNING case specifically
+    for ORM bulk insert (or any hypothetical DML that is splitting out a class
+    hierarchy among multiple DML statements....ORM bulk insert is the only
+    example right now)
+
+    its main job is to limit the columns in a RETURNING to only a specific
+    mapped table in a hierarchy.
+
+    """
+
+    def adapt_check_present(self, col):
+        mapper = self.mapper
+        prop = mapper._columntoproperty.get(col, None)
+        if prop is None:
+            return None
+        return mapper.local_table.c.corresponding_column(col)
+
+
+class _DMLUpdateDeleteReturningColFilter(_DMLReturningColFilter):
+    """an adapter used for the DML RETURNING case specifically
+    for ORM enabled UPDATE/DELETE
+
+    its main job is to limit the columns in a RETURNING to include
+    only direct persisted columns from the immediate selectable, not
+    expressions like column_property(), or to also allow columns from other
+    mappers for the UPDATE..FROM use case.
+
+    """
+
+    def adapt_check_present(self, col):
+        mapper = self.mapper
+        prop = mapper._columntoproperty.get(col, None)
+        if prop is not None:
+            # if the col is from the immediate mapper, only return a persisted
+            # column, not any kind of column_property expression
+            return mapper.persist_selectable.c.corresponding_column(col)
+
+        # if the col is from some other mapper, just return it, assume the
+        # user knows what they are doing
+        return col
+
+
+@sql.base.CompileState.plugin_for("orm", "orm_from_statement")
+class _ORMFromStatementCompileState(_ORMCompileState):
+    _from_obj_alias = None
+    _has_mapper_entities = False
+
+    statement_container: FromStatement
+    requested_statement: Union[SelectBase, TextClause, UpdateBase]
+    dml_table: Optional[_DMLTableElement] = None
+
+    _has_orm_entities = False
+    multi_row_eager_loaders = False
+    eager_adding_joins = False
+    compound_eager_adapter = None
+
+    extra_criteria_entities = util.EMPTY_DICT
+    eager_joins = util.EMPTY_DICT
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_orm_context(
+        cls,
+        statement: Union[Select, FromStatement],
+        *,
+        toplevel: bool,
+        compiler: Optional[SQLCompiler],
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _ORMFromStatementCompileState:
+        statement_container = statement
+
+        assert isinstance(statement_container, FromStatement)
+
+        if compiler is not None and compiler.stack:
+            raise sa_exc.CompileError(
+                "The ORM FromStatement construct only supports being "
+                "invoked as the topmost statement, as it is only intended to "
+                "define how result rows should be returned."
+            )
+
+        self = cls.__new__(cls)
+        self._primary_entity = None
+
+        self.use_legacy_query_style = (
+            statement_container._compile_options._use_legacy_query_style
+        )
+        self.statement_container = self.select_statement = statement_container
+        self.requested_statement = statement = statement_container.element
+
+        if statement.is_dml:
+            self.dml_table = statement.table
+            self.is_dml_returning = True
+
+        self._entities = []
+        self._polymorphic_adapters = {}
+
+        self.compile_options = statement_container._compile_options
+
+        if (
+            self.use_legacy_query_style
+            and isinstance(statement, expression.SelectBase)
+            and not statement._is_textual
+            and not statement.is_dml
+            and statement._label_style is LABEL_STYLE_NONE
+        ):
+            self.statement = statement.set_label_style(
+                LABEL_STYLE_TABLENAME_PLUS_COL
+            )
+        else:
+            self.statement = statement
+
+        self._label_convention = self._column_naming_convention(
+            (
+                statement._label_style
+                if not statement._is_textual and not statement.is_dml
+                else LABEL_STYLE_NONE
+            ),
+            self.use_legacy_query_style,
+        )
+
+        _QueryEntity.to_compile_state(
+            self,
+            statement_container._raw_columns,
+            self._entities,
+            is_current_entities=True,
+        )
+
+        self.current_path = statement_container._compile_options._current_path
+
+        self._init_global_attributes(
+            statement_container,
+            compiler,
+            process_criteria_for_toplevel=False,
+            toplevel=True,
+        )
+
+        if statement_container._with_options:
+            for opt in statement_container._with_options:
+                if opt._is_compile_state:
+                    opt.process_compile_state(self)
+
+        if statement_container._compile_state_funcs:
+            for fn, key in statement_container._compile_state_funcs:
+                fn(self)
+
+        self.primary_columns = []
+        self.secondary_columns = []
+        self.dedupe_columns = set()
+        self.create_eager_joins = []
+        self._fallback_from_clauses = []
+
+        self.order_by = None
+
+        if self.statement._is_text_clause:
+            # AbstractTextClause (TextClause, TString) has no "column"
+            # objects at all. for this case, we generate columns from our
+            # _QueryEntity objects, then flip on all the
+            # "please match no matter what" parameters.
+            self.extra_criteria_entities = {}
+
+            for entity in self._entities:
+                entity.setup_compile_state(self)
+
+            compiler._ordered_columns = compiler._textual_ordered_columns = (
+                False
+            )
+
+            # enable looser result column matching.  this is shown to be
+            # needed by test_query.py::TextTest
+            compiler._loose_column_name_matching = True
+
+            for c in self.primary_columns:
+                compiler.process(
+                    c,
+                    within_columns_clause=True,
+                    add_to_result_map=compiler._add_to_result_map,
+                )
+        else:
+            # for everyone else, Select, Insert, Update, TextualSelect, they
+            # have column objects already.  After much
+            # experimentation here, the best approach seems to be, use
+            # those columns completely, don't interfere with the compiler
+            # at all; just in ORM land, use an adapter to convert from
+            # our ORM columns to whatever columns are in the statement,
+            # before we look in the result row. Adapt on names
+            # to accept cases such as issue #9217, however also allow
+            # this to be overridden for cases such as #9273.
+            self._from_obj_alias = ORMStatementAdapter(
+                _TraceAdaptRole.ADAPT_FROM_STATEMENT,
+                self.statement,
+                adapt_on_names=statement_container._adapt_on_names,
+            )
+
+        return self
+
+    def _adapt_col_list(self, cols, current_adapter):
+        return cols
+
+    def _get_current_adapter(self):
+        return None
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(self, dml_mapper):
+        """used by BulkORMInsert, Update, Delete to set up a handler
+        for RETURNING to return ORM objects and expressions
+
+        """
+        target_mapper = self.statement._propagate_attrs.get(
+            "plugin_subject", None
+        )
+
+        if self.statement.is_insert:
+            adapter = _DMLBulkInsertReturningColFilter(
+                target_mapper, dml_mapper
+            )
+        elif self.statement.is_update or self.statement.is_delete:
+            adapter = _DMLUpdateDeleteReturningColFilter(
+                target_mapper, dml_mapper
+            )
+        else:
+            adapter = None
+
+        if self.compile_options._is_star and (len(self._entities) != 1):
+            raise sa_exc.CompileError(
+                "Can't generate ORM query that includes multiple expressions "
+                "at the same time as '*'; query for '*' alone if present"
+            )
+
+        for entity in self._entities:
+            entity.setup_dml_returning_compile_state(self, adapter)
+
+
+class FromStatement(GroupedElement, Generative, TypedReturnsRows[Unpack[_Ts]]):
+    """Core construct that represents a load of ORM objects from various
+    :class:`.ReturnsRows` and other classes including:
+
+    :class:`.Select`, :class:`.TextClause`, :class:`.TextualSelect`,
+    :class:`.CompoundSelect`, :class`.Insert`, :class:`.Update`,
+    and in theory, :class:`.Delete`.
+
+    """
+
+    __visit_name__ = "orm_from_statement"
+
+    _compile_options = _ORMFromStatementCompileState.default_compile_options
+
+    _compile_state_factory = _ORMFromStatementCompileState.create_for_statement
+
+    _for_update_arg = None
+
+    element: Union[ExecutableReturnsRows, TextClause]
+
+    _adapt_on_names: bool
+
+    _traverse_internals = [
+        ("_raw_columns", InternalTraversal.dp_clauseelement_list),
+        ("element", InternalTraversal.dp_clauseelement),
+    ] + ExecutableStatement._executable_traverse_internals
+
+    _cache_key_traversal = _traverse_internals + [
+        ("_compile_options", InternalTraversal.dp_has_cache_key)
+    ]
+
+    is_from_statement = True
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        entities: Iterable[_ColumnsClauseArgument[Any]],
+        element: Union[ExecutableReturnsRows, TextClause],
+        _adapt_on_names: bool = True,
+    ):
+        self._raw_columns = [
+            coercions.expect(
+                roles.ColumnsClauseRole,
+                ent,
+                apply_propagate_attrs=self,
+                post_inspect=True,
+            )
+            for ent in util.to_list(entities)
+        ]
+        self.element = element
+        self.is_dml = element.is_dml
+        self.is_select = element.is_select
+        self.is_delete = element.is_delete
+        self.is_insert = element.is_insert
+        self.is_update = element.is_update
+        self._label_style = (
+            element._label_style if is_select_base(element) else None
+        )
+        self._adapt_on_names = _adapt_on_names
+
+    def _compiler_dispatch(self, compiler, **kw):
+        """provide a fixed _compiler_dispatch method.
+
+        This is roughly similar to using the sqlalchemy.ext.compiler
+        ``@compiles`` extension.
+
+        """
+
+        compile_state = self._compile_state_factory(self, compiler, **kw)
+
+        toplevel = not compiler.stack
+
+        if toplevel:
+            compiler.compile_state = compile_state
+
+        return compiler.process(compile_state.statement, **kw)
+
+    @property
+    def column_descriptions(self):
+        """Return a :term:`plugin-enabled` 'column descriptions' structure
+        referring to the columns which are SELECTed by this statement.
+
+        See the section :ref:`queryguide_inspection` for an overview
+        of this feature.
+
+        .. seealso::
+
+            :ref:`queryguide_inspection` - ORM background
+
+        """
+        meth = cast(
+            _ORMSelectCompileState, SelectState.get_plugin_class(self)
+        ).get_column_descriptions
+        return meth(self)
+
+    def _ensure_disambiguated_names(self):
+        return self
+
+    def get_children(self, **kw):
+        yield from itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            element._from_objects for element in self._raw_columns
+        )
+        yield from super().get_children(**kw)
+
+    @property
+    def _all_selected_columns(self):
+        return self.element._all_selected_columns
+
+    @property
+    def _return_defaults(self):
+        return self.element._return_defaults if is_dml(self.element) else None
+
+    @property
+    def _returning(self):
+        return self.element._returning if is_dml(self.element) else None
+
+    @property
+    def _inline(self):
+        return self.element._inline if is_insert_update(self.element) else None
+
+
+@sql.base.CompileState.plugin_for("orm", "compound_select")
+class _CompoundSelectCompileState(
+    _AutoflushOnlyORMCompileState, CompoundSelectState
+):
+    pass
+
+
+@sql.base.CompileState.plugin_for("orm", "select")
+class _ORMSelectCompileState(_ORMCompileState, SelectState):
+    _already_joined_edges = ()
+
+    _memoized_entities = util.EMPTY_DICT
+
+    _from_obj_alias = None
+    _has_mapper_entities = False
+
+    _has_orm_entities = False
+    multi_row_eager_loaders = False
+    eager_adding_joins = False
+    compound_eager_adapter = None
+
+    correlate = None
+    correlate_except = None
+    _where_criteria = ()
+    _having_criteria = ()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_orm_context(
+        cls,
+        statement: Union[Select, FromStatement],
+        *,
+        toplevel: bool,
+        compiler: Optional[SQLCompiler],
+        **kw: Any,
+    ) -> _ORMSelectCompileState:
+
+        self = cls.__new__(cls)
+
+        select_statement = statement
+
+        # if we are a select() that was never a legacy Query, we won't
+        # have ORM level compile options.
+        statement._compile_options = cls.default_compile_options.safe_merge(
+            statement._compile_options
+        )
+
+        if select_statement._execution_options:
+            # execution options should not impact the compilation of a
+            # query, and at the moment subqueryloader is putting some things
+            # in here that we explicitly don't want stuck in a cache.
+            self.select_statement = select_statement._clone()
+            self.select_statement._execution_options = util.EMPTY_DICT
+        else:
+            self.select_statement = select_statement
+
+        # indicates this select() came from Query.statement
+        self.for_statement = select_statement._compile_options._for_statement
+
+        # generally if we are from Query or directly from a select()
+        self.use_legacy_query_style = (
+            select_statement._compile_options._use_legacy_query_style
+        )
+
+        self._entities = []
+        self._primary_entity = None
+        self._polymorphic_adapters = {}
+
+        self.compile_options = select_statement._compile_options
+
+        if not toplevel:
+            # for subqueries, turn off eagerloads and set
+            # "render_for_subquery".
+            self.compile_options += {
+                "_enable_eagerloads": False,
+                "_render_for_subquery": True,
+            }
+
+        # determine label style.   we can make different decisions here.
+        # at the moment, trying to see if we can always use DISAMBIGUATE_ONLY
+        # rather than LABEL_STYLE_NONE, and if we can use disambiguate style
+        # for new style ORM selects too.
+        if (
+            self.use_legacy_query_style
+            and self.select_statement._label_style is LABEL_STYLE_LEGACY_ORM
+        ):
+            if not self.for_statement:
+                self.label_style = LABEL_STYLE_TABLENAME_PLUS_COL
+            else:
+                self.label_style = LABEL_STYLE_DISAMBIGUATE_ONLY
+        else:
+            self.label_style = self.select_statement._label_style
+
+        if select_statement._memoized_select_entities:
+            self._memoized_entities = {
+                memoized_entities: _QueryEntity.to_compile_state(
+                    self,
+                    memoized_entities._raw_columns,
+                    [],
+                    is_current_entities=False,
+                )
+                for memoized_entities in (
+                    select_statement._memoized_select_entities
+                )
+            }
+
+        # label_convention is stateful and will yield deduping keys if it
+        # sees the same key twice.  therefore it's important that it is not
+        # invoked for the above "memoized" entities that aren't actually
+        # in the columns clause
+        self._label_convention = self._column_naming_convention(
+            statement._label_style, self.use_legacy_query_style
+        )
+
+        _QueryEntity.to_compile_state(
+            self,
+            select_statement._raw_columns,
+            self._entities,
+            is_current_entities=True,
+        )
+
+        self.current_path = select_statement._compile_options._current_path
+
+        self.eager_order_by = ()
+
+        self._init_global_attributes(
+            select_statement,
+            compiler,
+            toplevel=toplevel,
+            process_criteria_for_toplevel=False,
+        )
+
+        if toplevel and (
+            select_statement._with_options
+            or select_statement._memoized_select_entities
+        ):
+            for (
+                memoized_entities
+            ) in select_statement._memoized_select_entities:
+                for opt in memoized_entities._with_options:
+                    if opt._is_compile_state:
+                        opt.process_compile_state_replaced_entities(
+                            self,
+                            [
+                                ent
+                                for ent in self._memoized_entities[
+                                    memoized_entities
+                                ]
+                                if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity)
+                            ],
+                        )
+
+            for opt in self.select_statement._with_options:
+                if opt._is_compile_state:
+                    opt.process_compile_state(self)
+
+        # uncomment to print out the context.attributes structure
+        # after it's been set up above
+        # self._dump_option_struct()
+
+        if select_statement._compile_state_funcs:
+            for fn, key in select_statement._compile_state_funcs:
+                fn(self)
+
+        self.primary_columns = []
+        self.secondary_columns = []
+        self.dedupe_columns = set()
+        self.eager_joins = {}
+        self.extra_criteria_entities = {}
+        self.create_eager_joins = []
+        self._fallback_from_clauses = []
+
+        # normalize the FROM clauses early by themselves, as this makes
+        # it an easier job when we need to assemble a JOIN onto these,
+        # for select.join() as well as joinedload().   As of 1.4 there are now
+        # potentially more complex sets of FROM objects here as the use
+        # of lambda statements for lazyload, load_on_pk etc. uses more
+        # cloning of the select() construct.  See #6495
+        self.from_clauses = self._normalize_froms(
+            info.selectable for info in select_statement._from_obj
+        )
+
+        # this is a fairly arbitrary break into a second method,
+        # so it might be nicer to break up create_for_statement()
+        # and _setup_for_generate into three or four logical sections
+        self._setup_for_generate()
+
+        SelectState.__init__(self, self.statement, compiler, **kw)
+        return self
+
+    def _dump_option_struct(self):
+        print("\n---------------------------------------------------\n")
+        print(f"current path: {self.current_path}")
+        for key in self.attributes:
+            if isinstance(key, tuple) and key[0] == "loader":
+                print(f"\nLoader:           {PathRegistry.coerce(key[1])}")
+                print(f"    {self.attributes[key]}")
+                print(f"    {self.attributes[key].__dict__}")
+            elif isinstance(key, tuple) and key[0] == "path_with_polymorphic":
+                print(f"\nWith Polymorphic: {PathRegistry.coerce(key[1])}")
+                print(f"    {self.attributes[key]}")
+
+    def _setup_for_generate(self):
+        query = self.select_statement
+
+        self.statement = None
+        self._join_entities = ()
+
+        if self.compile_options._set_base_alias:
+            # legacy Query only
+            self._set_select_from_alias()
+
+        for memoized_entities in query._memoized_select_entities:
+            if memoized_entities._setup_joins:
+                self._join(
+                    memoized_entities._setup_joins,
+                    self._memoized_entities[memoized_entities],
+                )
+
+        if query._setup_joins:
+            self._join(query._setup_joins, self._entities)
+
+        current_adapter = self._get_current_adapter()
+
+        if query._where_criteria:
+            self._where_criteria = query._where_criteria
+
+            if current_adapter:
+                self._where_criteria = tuple(
+                    current_adapter(crit, True)
+                    for crit in self._where_criteria
+                )
+
+        # TODO: some complexity with order_by here was due to mapper.order_by.
+        # now that this is removed we can hopefully make order_by /
+        # group_by act identically to how they are in Core select.
+        self.order_by = (
+            self._adapt_col_list(query._order_by_clauses, current_adapter)
+            if current_adapter and query._order_by_clauses not in (None, False)
+            else query._order_by_clauses
+        )
+
+        if query._having_criteria:
+            self._having_criteria = tuple(
+                current_adapter(crit, True) if current_adapter else crit
+                for crit in query._having_criteria
+            )
+
+        self.group_by = (
+            self._adapt_col_list(
+                util.flatten_iterator(query._group_by_clauses), current_adapter
+            )
+            if current_adapter and query._group_by_clauses not in (None, False)
+            else query._group_by_clauses or None
+        )
+
+        if self.eager_order_by:
+            adapter = self.from_clauses[0]._target_adapter
+            self.eager_order_by = adapter.copy_and_process(self.eager_order_by)
+
+        if query._distinct_on:
+            self.distinct_on = self._adapt_col_list(
+                query._distinct_on, current_adapter
+            )
+        else:
+            self.distinct_on = ()
+
+        self.distinct = query._distinct
+
+        self.syntax_extensions = {
+            key: current_adapter(value, True) if current_adapter else value
+            for key, value in query._get_syntax_extensions_as_dict().items()
+        }
+
+        if query._correlate:
+            # ORM mapped entities that are mapped to joins can be passed
+            # to .correlate, so here they are broken into their component
+            # tables.
+            self.correlate = tuple(
+                util.flatten_iterator(
+                    sql_util.surface_selectables(s) if s is not None else None
+                    for s in query._correlate
+                )
+            )
+        elif query._correlate_except is not None:
+            self.correlate_except = tuple(
+                util.flatten_iterator(
+                    sql_util.surface_selectables(s) if s is not None else None
+                    for s in query._correlate_except
+                )
+            )
+        elif not query._auto_correlate:
+            self.correlate = (None,)
+
+        # PART II
+
+        self._for_update_arg = query._for_update_arg
+
+        if self.compile_options._is_star and (len(self._entities) != 1):
+            raise sa_exc.CompileError(
+                "Can't generate ORM query that includes multiple expressions "
+                "at the same time as '*'; query for '*' alone if present"
+            )
+        for entity in self._entities:
+            entity.setup_compile_state(self)
+
+        for rec in self.create_eager_joins:
+            strategy = rec[0]
+            strategy(self, *rec[1:])
+
+        # else "load from discrete FROMs" mode,
+        # i.e. when each _MappedEntity has its own FROM
+
+        if self.compile_options._enable_single_crit:
+            self._adjust_for_extra_criteria()
+
+        if not self.primary_columns:
+            if self.compile_options._only_load_props:
+                assert False, "no columns were included in _only_load_props"
+
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "Query contains no columns with which to SELECT from."
+            )
+
+        if not self.from_clauses:
+            self.from_clauses = list(self._fallback_from_clauses)
+
+        if self.order_by is False:
+            self.order_by = None
+
+        if self._should_nest_selectable:
+            self.statement = self._compound_eager_statement()
+        else:
+            self.statement = self._simple_statement()
+
+        if self.for_statement:
+            ezero = self._mapper_zero()
+            if ezero is not None:
+                # TODO: this goes away once we get rid of the deep entity
+                # thing
+                self.statement = self.statement._annotate(
+                    {"deepentity": ezero}
+                )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_entities_collection(cls, query, legacy):
+        """Creates a partial ORMSelectCompileState that includes
+        the full collection of _MapperEntity and other _QueryEntity objects.
+
+        Supports a few remaining use cases that are pre-compilation
+        but still need to gather some of the column  / adaption information.
+
+        """
+        self = cls.__new__(cls)
+
+        self._entities = []
+        self._primary_entity = None
+        self._polymorphic_adapters = {}
+
+        self._label_convention = self._column_naming_convention(
+            query._label_style, legacy
+        )
+
+        # entities will also set up polymorphic adapters for mappers
+        # that have with_polymorphic configured
+        _QueryEntity.to_compile_state(
+            self, query._raw_columns, self._entities, is_current_entities=True
+        )
+        return self
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_filter_by_entities(cls, statement):
+        """Return all ORM entities for filter_by() searches.
+
+        the ORM version for Select is special vs. update/delete since it needs
+        to navigate along select.join() paths which have ORM specific
+        directives.
+
+        beyond that, it delivers other entities as the Mapper or Aliased
+        object rather than the Table or Alias, which mostly affects
+        how error messages regarding ambiguous entities or entity not
+        found are rendered; class-specific attributes like hybrid,
+        column_property() etc. work either way since
+        _entity_namespace_key_search_all() uses _entity_namespace().
+
+        DML Update and Delete objects, even though they also have filter_by()
+        and also accept ORM objects, don't use this routine since they
+        typically just have a single table, and if they have multiple tables
+        it's only via WHERE clause, which interestingly do not maintain ORM
+        annotations when used (that is, (User.name ==
+        'foo').left.table._annotations is empty; the ORMness of User.name is
+        lost in the expression construction process, since we don't annotate
+        (copy) Column objects with ORM entities the way we do for Table.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 2.1
+        """
+
+        def _setup_join_targets(collection):
+            for (target, *_) in collection:
+                if isinstance(target, attributes.QueryableAttribute):
+                    yield target.entity
+                elif "_no_filter_by" not in target._annotations:
+                    yield target
+
+        entities = set(_setup_join_targets(statement._setup_joins))
+
+        for memoized in statement._memoized_select_entities:
+            entities.update(_setup_join_targets(memoized._setup_joins))
+
+        entities.update(
+            (
+                from_obj._annotations["parententity"]
+                if "parententity" in from_obj._annotations
+                else from_obj
+            )
+            for from_obj in statement._from_obj
+            if "_no_filter_by" not in from_obj._annotations
+        )
+
+        for element in statement._raw_columns:
+            if "entity_namespace" in element._annotations:
+                ens = element._annotations["entity_namespace"]
+                entities.add(ens)
+            elif "_no_filter_by" not in element._annotations:
+                entities.update(element._from_objects)
+
+        return entities
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all_selected_columns(cls, statement):
+        for element in statement._raw_columns:
+            if (
+                element.is_selectable
+                and "entity_namespace" in element._annotations
+            ):
+                ens = element._annotations["entity_namespace"]
+                if not ens.is_mapper and not ens.is_aliased_class:
+                    yield from _select_iterables([element])
+                else:
+                    yield from _select_iterables(ens._all_column_expressions)
+            else:
+                yield from _select_iterables([element])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_columns_clause_froms(cls, statement):
+        return cls._normalize_froms(
+            itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+                (
+                    element._from_objects
+                    if "parententity" not in element._annotations
+                    else [
+                        element._annotations[
+                            "parententity"
+                        ].__clause_element__()
+                    ]
+                )
+                for element in statement._raw_columns
+            )
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_statement(cls, statement, from_statement):
+        from_statement = coercions.expect(
+            roles.ReturnsRowsRole,
+            from_statement,
+            apply_propagate_attrs=statement,
+        )
+
+        stmt = FromStatement(statement._raw_columns, from_statement)
+
+        stmt.__dict__.update(
+            _with_options=statement._with_options,
+            _compile_state_funcs=statement._compile_state_funcs,
+            _execution_options=statement._execution_options,
+            _propagate_attrs=statement._propagate_attrs,
+        )
+        return stmt
+
+    def _set_select_from_alias(self):
+        """used only for legacy Query cases"""
+
+        query = self.select_statement  # query
+
+        assert self.compile_options._set_base_alias
+        assert len(query._from_obj) == 1
+
+        adapter = self._get_select_from_alias_from_obj(query._from_obj[0])
+        if adapter:
+            self.compile_options += {"_enable_single_crit": False}
+            self._from_obj_alias = adapter
+
+    def _get_select_from_alias_from_obj(self, from_obj):
+        """used only for legacy Query cases"""
+
+        info = from_obj
+
+        if "parententity" in info._annotations:
+            info = info._annotations["parententity"]
+
+        if hasattr(info, "mapper"):
+            if not info.is_aliased_class:
+                raise sa_exc.ArgumentError(
+                    "A selectable (FromClause) instance is "
+                    "expected when the base alias is being set."
+                )
+            else:
+                return info._adapter
+
+        elif isinstance(info.selectable, sql.selectable.AliasedReturnsRows):
+            equivs = self._all_equivs()
+            assert info is info.selectable
+            return ORMStatementAdapter(
+                _TraceAdaptRole.LEGACY_SELECT_FROM_ALIAS,
+                info.selectable,
+                equivalents=equivs,
+            )
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def _mapper_zero(self):
+        """return the Mapper associated with the first QueryEntity."""
+        return self._entities[0].mapper
+
+    def _entity_zero(self):
+        """Return the 'entity' (mapper or AliasedClass) associated
+        with the first QueryEntity, or alternatively the 'select from'
+        entity if specified."""
+
+        for ent in self.from_clauses:
+            if "parententity" in ent._annotations:
+                return ent._annotations["parententity"]
+        for qent in self._entities:
+            if qent.entity_zero:
+                return qent.entity_zero
+
+        return None
+
+    def _only_full_mapper_zero(self, methname):
+        if self._entities != [self._primary_entity]:
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "%s() can only be used against "
+                "a single mapped class." % methname
+            )
+        return self._primary_entity.entity_zero
+
+    def _only_entity_zero(self, rationale=None):
+        if len(self._entities) > 1:
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                rationale
+                or "This operation requires a Query "
+                "against a single mapper."
+            )
+        return self._entity_zero()
+
+    def _all_equivs(self):
+        equivs = {}
+
+        for memoized_entities in self._memoized_entities.values():
+            for ent in [
+                ent
+                for ent in memoized_entities
+                if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity)
+            ]:
+                equivs.update(ent.mapper._equivalent_columns)
+
+        for ent in [
+            ent for ent in self._entities if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity)
+        ]:
+            equivs.update(ent.mapper._equivalent_columns)
+        return equivs
+
+    def _compound_eager_statement(self):
+        # for eager joins present and LIMIT/OFFSET/DISTINCT,
+        # wrap the query inside a select,
+        # then append eager joins onto that
+
+        if self.order_by:
+            # the default coercion for ORDER BY is now the OrderByRole,
+            # which adds an additional post coercion to ByOfRole in that
+            # elements are converted into label references.  For the
+            # eager load / subquery wrapping case, we need to un-coerce
+            # the original expressions outside of the label references
+            # in order to have them render.
+            unwrapped_order_by = [
+                (
+                    elem.element
+                    if isinstance(elem, sql.elements._label_reference)
+                    else elem
+                )
+                for elem in self.order_by
+            ]
+
+            order_by_col_expr = sql_util.expand_column_list_from_order_by(
+                self.primary_columns, unwrapped_order_by
+            )
+        else:
+            order_by_col_expr = []
+            unwrapped_order_by = None
+
+        # put FOR UPDATE on the inner query, where MySQL will honor it,
+        # as well as if it has an OF so PostgreSQL can use it.
+        inner = self._select_statement(
+            self.primary_columns
+            + [c for c in order_by_col_expr if c not in self.dedupe_columns],
+            self.from_clauses,
+            self._where_criteria,
+            self._having_criteria,
+            self.label_style,
+            self.order_by,
+            for_update=self._for_update_arg,
+            hints=self.select_statement._hints,
+            statement_hints=self.select_statement._statement_hints,
+            correlate=self.correlate,
+            correlate_except=self.correlate_except,
+            **self._select_args,
+        )
+
+        inner = inner.alias()
+
+        equivs = self._all_equivs()
+
+        self.compound_eager_adapter = ORMStatementAdapter(
+            _TraceAdaptRole.COMPOUND_EAGER_STATEMENT, inner, equivalents=equivs
+        )
+
+        statement = future.select(
+            *([inner] + self.secondary_columns)  # use_labels=self.labels
+        )
+        statement._label_style = self.label_style
+
+        # Oracle Database however does not allow FOR UPDATE on the subquery,
+        # and the Oracle Database dialects ignore it, plus for PostgreSQL,
+        # MySQL we expect that all elements of the row are locked, so also put
+        # it on the outside (except in the case of PG when OF is used)
+        if (
+            self._for_update_arg is not None
+            and self._for_update_arg.of is None
+        ):
+            statement._for_update_arg = self._for_update_arg
+
+        from_clause = inner
+        for eager_join in self.eager_joins.values():
+            # EagerLoader places a 'stop_on' attribute on the join,
+            # giving us a marker as to where the "splice point" of
+            # the join should be
+            from_clause = sql_util.splice_joins(
+                from_clause, eager_join, eager_join.stop_on
+            )
+
+        statement.select_from.non_generative(statement, from_clause)
+
+        if unwrapped_order_by:
+            statement.order_by.non_generative(
+                statement,
+                *self.compound_eager_adapter.copy_and_process(
+                    unwrapped_order_by
+                ),
+            )
+
+        statement.order_by.non_generative(statement, *self.eager_order_by)
+        return statement
+
+    def _simple_statement(self):
+        statement = self._select_statement(
+            self.primary_columns + self.secondary_columns,
+            tuple(self.from_clauses) + tuple(self.eager_joins.values()),
+            self._where_criteria,
+            self._having_criteria,
+            self.label_style,
+            self.order_by,
+            for_update=self._for_update_arg,
+            hints=self.select_statement._hints,
+            statement_hints=self.select_statement._statement_hints,
+            correlate=self.correlate,
+            correlate_except=self.correlate_except,
+            **self._select_args,
+        )
+
+        if self.eager_order_by:
+            statement.order_by.non_generative(statement, *self.eager_order_by)
+        return statement
+
+    def _select_statement(
+        self,
+        raw_columns,
+        from_obj,
+        where_criteria,
+        having_criteria,
+        label_style,
+        order_by,
+        for_update,
+        hints,
+        statement_hints,
+        correlate,
+        correlate_except,
+        limit_clause,
+        offset_clause,
+        fetch_clause,
+        fetch_clause_options,
+        distinct,
+        distinct_on,
+        prefixes,
+        suffixes,
+        group_by,
+        independent_ctes,
+        independent_ctes_opts,
+        syntax_extensions,
+    ):
+        statement = Select._create_raw_select(
+            _raw_columns=raw_columns,
+            _from_obj=from_obj,
+            _label_style=label_style,
+        )
+
+        if where_criteria:
+            statement._where_criteria = where_criteria
+        if having_criteria:
+            statement._having_criteria = having_criteria
+
+        if order_by:
+            statement._order_by_clauses += tuple(order_by)
+
+        if distinct_on:
+            statement._distinct = True
+            statement._distinct_on = distinct_on
+        elif distinct:
+            statement._distinct = True
+
+        if group_by:
+            statement._group_by_clauses += tuple(group_by)
+
+        statement._limit_clause = limit_clause
+        statement._offset_clause = offset_clause
+        statement._fetch_clause = fetch_clause
+        statement._fetch_clause_options = fetch_clause_options
+        statement._independent_ctes = independent_ctes
+        statement._independent_ctes_opts = independent_ctes_opts
+        if syntax_extensions:
+            statement._set_syntax_extensions(**syntax_extensions)
+
+        if prefixes:
+            statement._prefixes = prefixes
+
+        if suffixes:
+            statement._suffixes = suffixes
+
+        statement._for_update_arg = for_update
+
+        if hints:
+            statement._hints = hints
+        if statement_hints:
+            statement._statement_hints = statement_hints
+
+        if correlate:
+            statement.correlate.non_generative(statement, *correlate)
+
+        if correlate_except is not None:
+            statement.correlate_except.non_generative(
+                statement, *correlate_except
+            )
+
+        return statement
+
+    def _adapt_polymorphic_element(self, element):
+        if "parententity" in element._annotations:
+            search = element._annotations["parententity"]
+            alias = self._polymorphic_adapters.get(search, None)
+            if alias:
+                return alias.adapt_clause(element)
+
+        if isinstance(element, expression.FromClause):
+            search = element
+        elif hasattr(element, "table"):
+            search = element.table
+        else:
+            return None
+
+        alias = self._polymorphic_adapters.get(search, None)
+        if alias:
+            return alias.adapt_clause(element)
+
+    def _adapt_col_list(self, cols, current_adapter):
+        if current_adapter:
+            return [current_adapter(o, True) for o in cols]
+        else:
+            return cols
+
+    def _get_current_adapter(self):
+        adapters = []
+
+        if self._from_obj_alias:
+            # used for legacy going forward for query set_ops, e.g.
+            # union(), union_all(), etc.
+            # 1.4 and previously, also used for from_self(),
+            # select_entity_from()
+            #
+            # for the "from obj" alias, apply extra rule to the
+            # 'ORM only' check, if this query were generated from a
+            # subquery of itself, i.e. _from_selectable(), apply adaption
+            # to all SQL constructs.
+            adapters.append(
+                self._from_obj_alias.replace,
+            )
+
+        # this was *hopefully* the only adapter we were going to need
+        # going forward...however, we unfortunately need _from_obj_alias
+        # for query.union(), which we can't drop
+        if self._polymorphic_adapters:
+            adapters.append(self._adapt_polymorphic_element)
+
+        if not adapters:
+            return None
+
+        def _adapt_clause(clause, as_filter):
+            # do we adapt all expression elements or only those
+            # tagged as 'ORM' constructs ?
+
+            def replace(elem):
+                for adapter in adapters:
+                    e = adapter(elem)
+                    if e is not None:
+                        return e
+
+            return visitors.replacement_traverse(clause, {}, replace)
+
+        return _adapt_clause
+
+    def _join(self, args, entities_collection):
+        for right, onclause, from_, flags in args:
+            isouter = flags["isouter"]
+            full = flags["full"]
+
+            right = inspect(right)
+            if onclause is not None:
+                onclause = inspect(onclause)
+
+            if isinstance(right, interfaces.PropComparator):
+                if onclause is not None:
+                    raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                        "No 'on clause' argument may be passed when joining "
+                        "to a relationship path as a target"
+                    )
+
+                onclause = right
+                right = None
+            elif "parententity" in right._annotations:
+                right = right._annotations["parententity"]
+
+            if onclause is None:
+                if not right.is_selectable and not hasattr(right, "mapper"):
+                    raise sa_exc.ArgumentError(
+                        "Expected mapped entity or "
+                        "selectable/table as join target"
+                    )
+
+            if isinstance(onclause, interfaces.PropComparator):
+                # descriptor/property given (or determined); this tells us
+                # explicitly what the expected "left" side of the join is.
+
+                of_type = getattr(onclause, "_of_type", None)
+
+                if right is None:
+                    if of_type:
+                        right = of_type
+                    else:
+                        right = onclause.property
+
+                        try:
+                            right = right.entity
+                        except AttributeError as err:
+                            raise sa_exc.ArgumentError(
+                                "Join target %s does not refer to a "
+                                "mapped entity" % right
+                            ) from err
+
+                left = onclause._parententity
+
+                prop = onclause.property
+                if not isinstance(onclause, attributes.QueryableAttribute):
+                    onclause = prop
+
+                # check for this path already present.  don't render in that
+                # case.
+                if (left, right, prop.key) in self._already_joined_edges:
+                    continue
+
+                if from_ is not None:
+                    if (
+                        from_ is not left
+                        and from_._annotations.get("parententity", None)
+                        is not left
+                    ):
+                        raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                            "explicit from clause %s does not match left side "
+                            "of relationship attribute %s"
+                            % (
+                                from_._annotations.get("parententity", from_),
+                                onclause,
+                            )
+                        )
+            elif from_ is not None:
+                prop = None
+                left = from_
+            else:
+                # no descriptor/property given; we will need to figure out
+                # what the effective "left" side is
+                prop = left = None
+
+            # figure out the final "left" and "right" sides and create an
+            # ORMJoin to add to our _from_obj tuple
+            self._join_left_to_right(
+                entities_collection,
+                left,
+                right,
+                onclause,
+                prop,
+                isouter,
+                full,
+            )
+
+    def _join_left_to_right(
+        self,
+        entities_collection,
+        left,
+        right,
+        onclause,
+        prop,
+        outerjoin,
+        full,
+    ):
+        """given raw "left", "right", "onclause" parameters consumed from
+        a particular key within _join(), add a real ORMJoin object to
+        our _from_obj list (or augment an existing one)
+
+        """
+
+        explicit_left = left
+        if left is None:
+            # left not given (e.g. no relationship object/name specified)
+            # figure out the best "left" side based on our existing froms /
+            # entities
+            assert prop is None
+            (
+                left,
+                replace_from_obj_index,
+                use_entity_index,
+            ) = self._join_determine_implicit_left_side(
+                entities_collection, left, right, onclause
+            )
+        else:
+            # left is given via a relationship/name, or as explicit left side.
+            # Determine where in our
+            # "froms" list it should be spliced/appended as well as what
+            # existing entity it corresponds to.
+            (
+                replace_from_obj_index,
+                use_entity_index,
+            ) = self._join_place_explicit_left_side(entities_collection, left)
+
+        if left is right:
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "Can't construct a join from %s to %s, they "
+                "are the same entity" % (left, right)
+            )
+
+        # the right side as given often needs to be adapted.  additionally
+        # a lot of things can be wrong with it.  handle all that and
+        # get back the new effective "right" side
+        r_info, right, onclause = self._join_check_and_adapt_right_side(
+            left, right, onclause, prop
+        )
+
+        if not r_info.is_selectable:
+            extra_criteria = self._get_extra_criteria(r_info)
+        else:
+            extra_criteria = ()
+
+        if replace_from_obj_index is not None:
+            # splice into an existing element in the
+            # self._from_obj list
+            left_clause = self.from_clauses[replace_from_obj_index]
+
+            if explicit_left is not None and onclause is None:
+                onclause = _ORMJoin._join_condition(explicit_left, right)
+
+            self.from_clauses = (
+                self.from_clauses[:replace_from_obj_index]
+                + [
+                    _ORMJoin(
+                        left_clause,
+                        right,
+                        onclause,
+                        isouter=outerjoin,
+                        full=full,
+                        _extra_criteria=extra_criteria,
+                    )
+                ]
+                + self.from_clauses[replace_from_obj_index + 1 :]
+            )
+        else:
+            # add a new element to the self._from_obj list
+            if use_entity_index is not None:
+                # make use of _MapperEntity selectable, which is usually
+                # entity_zero.selectable, but if with_polymorphic() were used
+                # might be distinct
+                assert isinstance(
+                    entities_collection[use_entity_index], _MapperEntity
+                )
+                left_clause = entities_collection[use_entity_index].selectable
+            else:
+                left_clause = left
+
+            self.from_clauses = self.from_clauses + [
+                _ORMJoin(
+                    left_clause,
+                    r_info,
+                    onclause,
+                    isouter=outerjoin,
+                    full=full,
+                    _extra_criteria=extra_criteria,
+                )
+            ]
+
+    def _join_determine_implicit_left_side(
+        self, entities_collection, left, right, onclause
+    ):
+        """When join conditions don't express the left side explicitly,
+        determine if an existing FROM or entity in this query
+        can serve as the left hand side.
+
+        """
+
+        # when we are here, it means join() was called without an ORM-
+        # specific way of telling us what the "left" side is, e.g.:
+        #
+        # join(RightEntity)
+        #
+        # or
+        #
+        # join(RightEntity, RightEntity.foo == LeftEntity.bar)
+        #
+
+        r_info = inspect(right)
+
+        replace_from_obj_index = use_entity_index = None
+
+        if self.from_clauses:
+            # we have a list of FROMs already.  So by definition this
+            # join has to connect to one of those FROMs.
+
+            indexes = sql_util.find_left_clause_to_join_from(
+                self.from_clauses, r_info.selectable, onclause
+            )
+
+            if len(indexes) == 1:
+                replace_from_obj_index = indexes[0]
+                left = self.from_clauses[replace_from_obj_index]
+            elif len(indexes) > 1:
+                raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                    "Can't determine which FROM clause to join "
+                    "from, there are multiple FROMS which can "
+                    "join to this entity. Please use the .select_from() "
+                    "method to establish an explicit left side, as well as "
+                    "providing an explicit ON clause if not present already "
+                    "to help resolve the ambiguity."
+                )
+            else:
+                raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                    "Don't know how to join to %r. "
+                    "Please use the .select_from() "
+                    "method to establish an explicit left side, as well as "
+                    "providing an explicit ON clause if not present already "
+                    "to help resolve the ambiguity." % (right,)
+                )
+
+        elif entities_collection:
+            # we have no explicit FROMs, so the implicit left has to
+            # come from our list of entities.
+
+            potential = {}
+            for entity_index, ent in enumerate(entities_collection):
+                entity = ent.entity_zero_or_selectable
+                if entity is None:
+                    continue
+                ent_info = inspect(entity)
+                if ent_info is r_info:  # left and right are the same, skip
+                    continue
+
+                # by using a dictionary with the selectables as keys this
+                # de-duplicates those selectables as occurs when the query is
+                # against a series of columns from the same selectable
+                if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity):
+                    potential[ent.selectable] = (entity_index, entity)
+                else:
+                    potential[ent_info.selectable] = (None, entity)
+
+            all_clauses = list(potential.keys())
+            indexes = sql_util.find_left_clause_to_join_from(
+                all_clauses, r_info.selectable, onclause
+            )
+
+            if len(indexes) == 1:
+                use_entity_index, left = potential[all_clauses[indexes[0]]]
+            elif len(indexes) > 1:
+                raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                    "Can't determine which FROM clause to join "
+                    "from, there are multiple FROMS which can "
+                    "join to this entity. Please use the .select_from() "
+                    "method to establish an explicit left side, as well as "
+                    "providing an explicit ON clause if not present already "
+                    "to help resolve the ambiguity."
+                )
+            else:
+                raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                    "Don't know how to join to %r. "
+                    "Please use the .select_from() "
+                    "method to establish an explicit left side, as well as "
+                    "providing an explicit ON clause if not present already "
+                    "to help resolve the ambiguity." % (right,)
+                )
+        else:
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "No entities to join from; please use "
+                "select_from() to establish the left "
+                "entity/selectable of this join"
+            )
+
+        return left, replace_from_obj_index, use_entity_index
+
+    def _join_place_explicit_left_side(self, entities_collection, left):
+        """When join conditions express a left side explicitly, determine
+        where in our existing list of FROM clauses we should join towards,
+        or if we need to make a new join, and if so is it from one of our
+        existing entities.
+
+        """
+
+        # when we are here, it means join() was called with an indicator
+        # as to an exact left side, which means a path to a
+        # Relationship was given, e.g.:
+        #
+        # join(RightEntity, LeftEntity.right)
+        #
+        # or
+        #
+        # join(LeftEntity.right)
+        #
+        # as well as string forms:
+        #
+        # join(RightEntity, "right")
+        #
+        # etc.
+        #
+
+        replace_from_obj_index = use_entity_index = None
+
+        l_info = inspect(left)
+        if self.from_clauses:
+            indexes = sql_util.find_left_clause_that_matches_given(
+                self.from_clauses, l_info.selectable
+            )
+
+            if len(indexes) > 1:
+                raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                    "Can't identify which entity in which to assign the "
+                    "left side of this join.   Please use a more specific "
+                    "ON clause."
+                )
+
+            # have an index, means the left side is already present in
+            # an existing FROM in the self._from_obj tuple
+            if indexes:
+                replace_from_obj_index = indexes[0]
+
+            # no index, means we need to add a new element to the
+            # self._from_obj tuple
+
+        # no from element present, so we will have to add to the
+        # self._from_obj tuple.  Determine if this left side matches up
+        # with existing mapper entities, in which case we want to apply the
+        # aliasing / adaptation rules present on that entity if any
+        if (
+            replace_from_obj_index is None
+            and entities_collection
+            and hasattr(l_info, "mapper")
+        ):
+            for idx, ent in enumerate(entities_collection):
+                # TODO: should we be checking for multiple mapper entities
+                # matching?
+                if isinstance(ent, _MapperEntity) and ent.corresponds_to(left):
+                    use_entity_index = idx
+                    break
+
+        return replace_from_obj_index, use_entity_index
+
+    def _join_check_and_adapt_right_side(self, left, right, onclause, prop):
+        """transform the "right" side of the join as well as the onclause
+        according to polymorphic mapping translations, aliasing on the query
+        or on the join, special cases where the right and left side have
+        overlapping tables.
+
+        """
+
+        l_info = inspect(left)
+        r_info = inspect(right)
+
+        overlap = False
+
+        right_mapper = getattr(r_info, "mapper", None)
+        # if the target is a joined inheritance mapping,
+        # be more liberal about auto-aliasing.
+        if right_mapper and (
+            right_mapper.with_polymorphic
+            or isinstance(right_mapper.persist_selectable, expression.Join)
+        ):
+            for from_obj in self.from_clauses or [l_info.selectable]:
+                if sql_util.selectables_overlap(
+                    l_info.selectable, from_obj
+                ) and sql_util.selectables_overlap(
+                    from_obj, r_info.selectable
+                ):
+                    overlap = True
+                    break
+
+        if overlap and l_info.selectable is r_info.selectable:
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "Can't join table/selectable '%s' to itself"
+                % l_info.selectable
+            )
+
+        right_mapper, right_selectable, right_is_aliased = (
+            getattr(r_info, "mapper", None),
+            r_info.selectable,
+            getattr(r_info, "is_aliased_class", False),
+        )
+
+        if (
+            right_mapper
+            and prop
+            and not right_mapper.common_parent(prop.mapper)
+        ):
+            raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                "Join target %s does not correspond to "
+                "the right side of join condition %s" % (right, onclause)
+            )
+
+        # _join_entities is used as a hint for single-table inheritance
+        # purposes at the moment
+        if hasattr(r_info, "mapper"):
+            self._join_entities += (r_info,)
+
+        need_adapter = False
+
+        # test for joining to an unmapped selectable as the target
+        if r_info.is_clause_element:
+            if prop:
+                right_mapper = prop.mapper
+
+            if right_selectable._is_lateral:
+                # orm_only is disabled to suit the case where we have to
+                # adapt an explicit correlate(Entity) - the select() loses
+                # the ORM-ness in this case right now, ideally it would not
+                current_adapter = self._get_current_adapter()
+                if current_adapter is not None:
+                    # TODO: we had orm_only=False here before, removing
+                    # it didn't break things.   if we identify the rationale,
+                    # may need to apply "_orm_only" annotation here.
+                    right = current_adapter(right, True)
+
+            elif prop:
+                # joining to selectable with a mapper property given
+                # as the ON clause
+
+                if not right_selectable.is_derived_from(
+                    right_mapper.persist_selectable
+                ):
+                    raise sa_exc.InvalidRequestError(
+                        "Selectable '%s' is not derived from '%s'"
+                        % (
+                            right_selectable.description,
+                            right_mapper.persist_selectable.description,
+                        )
+                    )
+
+                # if the destination selectable is a plain select(),
+                # turn it into an alias().
+                if isinstance(right_selectable, expression.SelectBase):
+                    right_selectable = coercions.expect(
+                        roles.FromClauseRole, right_selectable
+                    )
+                    need_adapter = True
+
+                # make the right hand side target into an ORM entity
+                right = AliasedClass(right_mapper, right_selectable)
+
+                util.warn_deprecated(
+                    "An alias is being generated automatically against "
+                    "joined entity %s for raw clauseelement, which is "
+                    "deprecated and will be removed in a later release. "
+                    "Use the aliased() "
+                    "construct explicitly, see the linked example."
+                    % right_mapper,
+                    "1.4",
+                    code="xaj1",
+                )
+
+        # test for overlap:
+        # orm/inheritance/relationships.py
+        # SelfReferentialM2MTest
+        aliased_entity = right_mapper and not right_is_aliased and overlap
+
+        if not need_adapter and aliased_entity:
+            # there are a few places in the ORM that automatic aliasing
+            # is still desirable, and can't be automatic with a Core
+            # only approach.  For illustrations of "overlaps" see
+            # test/orm/inheritance/test_relationships.py.  There are also
+            # general overlap cases with many-to-many tables where automatic
+            # aliasing is desirable.
+            right = AliasedClass(right, flat=True)
+            need_adapter = True
+
+            util.warn(
+                "An alias is being generated automatically against "
+                "joined entity %s due to overlapping tables.  This is a "
+                "legacy pattern which may be "
+                "deprecated in a later release.  Use the "
+                "aliased(<entity>, flat=True) "
+                "construct explicitly, see the linked example." % right_mapper,
+                code="xaj2",
+            )
+
+        if need_adapter:
+            # if need_adapter is True, we are in a deprecated case and
+            # a warning has been emitted.
+            assert right_mapper
+
+            adapter = ORMAdapter(
+                _TraceAdaptRole.DEPRECATED_JOIN_ADAPT_RIGHT_SIDE,
+                inspect(right),
+                equivalents=right_mapper._equivalent_columns,
+            )
+
+            # if an alias() on the right side was generated,
+            # which is intended to wrap a the right side in a subquery,
+            # ensure that columns retrieved from this target in the result
+            # set are also adapted.
+            self._mapper_loads_polymorphically_with(right_mapper, adapter)
+        elif (
+            not r_info.is_clause_element
+            and not right_is_aliased
+            and right_mapper._has_aliased_polymorphic_fromclause
+        ):
+            # for the case where the target mapper has a with_polymorphic
+            # set up, ensure an adapter is set up for criteria that works
+            # against this mapper.  Previously, this logic used to
+            # use the "create_aliases or aliased_entity" case to generate
+            # an aliased() object, but this creates an alias that isn't
+            # strictly necessary.
+            # see test/orm/test_core_compilation.py
+            # ::RelNaturalAliasedJoinsTest::test_straight
+            # and similar
+            self._mapper_loads_polymorphically_with(
+                right_mapper,
+                ORMAdapter(
+                    _TraceAdaptRole.WITH_POLYMORPHIC_ADAPTER_RIGHT_JOIN,
+                    right_mapper,
+                    selectable=right_mapper.selectable,
+                    equivalents=right_mapper._equivalent_columns,
+                ),
+            )
+        # if the onclause is a ClauseElement, adapt it with any
+        # adapters that are in place right now
+        if isinstance(onclause, expression.ClauseElement):
+            current_adapter = self._get_current_adapter()
+            if current_adapter:
+                onclause = current_adapter(onclause, True)
+
+        # if joining on a MapperProperty path,
+        # track the path to prevent redundant joins
+        if prop:
+            self._already_joined_edges += ((left, right, prop.key),)
+
+        return inspect(right), right, onclause
+
+    @property
+    def _select_args(self):
+        return {
+            "limit_clause": self.select_statement._limit_clause,
+            "offset_clause": self.select_statement._offset_clause,
+            "distinct": self.distinct,
+            "distinct_on": self.distinct_on,
+            "prefixes": self.select_statement._prefixes,
+            "suffixes": self.select_statement._suffixes,
+            "group_by": self.group_by or None,
+            "fetch_clause": self.select_statement._fetch_clause,
+            "fetch_clause_options": (
+                self.select_statement._fetch_clause_options
+            ),
+            "independent_ctes": self.select_statement._independent_ctes,
+            "independent_ctes_opts": (
+                self.select_statement._independent_ctes_opts
+            ),
+            "syntax_extensions": self.syntax_extensions,
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def _should_nest_selectable(self):
+        kwargs = self._select_args
+
+        if not self.eager_adding_joins:
+            return False
+
+        return (
+            (
+                kwargs.get("limit_clause") is not None
+                and self.multi_row_eager_loaders
+            )
+            or (
+                kwargs.get("offset_clause") is not None
+                and self.multi_row_eager_loaders
+            )
+            or kwargs.get("distinct", False)
+            or kwargs.get("distinct_on", ())
+            or kwargs.get("group_by", False)
+        )
+
+    def _get_extra_criteria(self, ext_info):
+        if (
+            "additional_entity_criteria",
+            ext_info.mapper,
+        ) in self.global_attributes:
+            return tuple(
+                ae._resolve_where_criteria(ext_info)
+                for ae in self.global_attributes[
+                    ("additional_entity_criteria", ext_info.mapper)
+                ]
+                if (ae.include_aliases or ae.entity is ext_info)
+                and ae._should_include(self)
+            )
+        else:
+            return ()
+
+    def _adjust_for_extra_criteria(self):
+        """Apply extra criteria filtering.
+
+        For all distinct single-table-inheritance mappers represented in
+        the columns clause of this query, as well as the "select from entity",
+        add criterion to the WHERE
+        clause of the given QueryContext such that only the appropriate
+        subtypes are selected from the total results.
+
+        Additionally, add WHERE criteria originating from LoaderCriteriaOptions
+        associated with the global context.
+
+        """
+        ext_infos = [
+            fromclause._annotations.get("parententity", None)
+            for fromclause in self.from_clauses
+        ] + [
+            elem._annotations.get("parententity", None)
+            for where_crit in self.select_statement._where_criteria
+            for elem in sql_util.surface_expressions(where_crit)
+        ]
+
+        for ext_info in ext_infos:
+
+            if (
+                ext_info
+                and (
+                    ext_info.mapper._single_table_criterion is not None
+                    or ("additional_entity_criteria", ext_info.mapper)
+                    in self.global_attributes
+                )
+                and ext_info not in self.extra_criteria_entities
+            ):
+                self.extra_criteria_entities[ext_info] = (
+                    ext_info,
+                    ext_info._adapter if ext_info.is_aliased_class else None,
+                )
+
+        _where_criteria_to_add = ()
+
+        merged_single_crit = collections.defaultdict(
+            lambda: (util.OrderedSet(), set())
+        )
+
+        for ext_info, adapter in util.OrderedSet(
+            self.extra_criteria_entities.values()
+        ):
+            if ext_info in self._join_entities:
+                continue
+
+            # assemble single table inheritance criteria.
+            if (
+                ext_info.is_aliased_class
+                and ext_info._base_alias()._is_with_polymorphic
+            ):
+                # for a with_polymorphic(), we always include the full
+                # hierarchy from what's given as the base class for the wpoly.
+                # this is new in 2.1 for #12395 so that it matches the behavior
+                # of joined inheritance.
+                hierarchy_root = ext_info._base_alias()
+            else:
+                hierarchy_root = ext_info
+
+            single_crit_component = (
+                hierarchy_root.mapper._single_table_criteria_component
+            )
+
+            if single_crit_component is not None:
+                polymorphic_on, criteria = single_crit_component
+
+                polymorphic_on = polymorphic_on._annotate(
+                    {
+                        "parententity": hierarchy_root,
+                        "parentmapper": hierarchy_root.mapper,
+                    }
+                )
+
+                list_of_single_crits, adapters = merged_single_crit[
+                    (hierarchy_root, polymorphic_on)
+                ]
+                list_of_single_crits.update(criteria)
+                if adapter:
+                    adapters.add(adapter)
+
+            # assemble "additional entity criteria", which come from
+            # with_loader_criteria() options
+            if not self.compile_options._for_refresh_state:
+                additional_entity_criteria = self._get_extra_criteria(ext_info)
+                _where_criteria_to_add += tuple(
+                    adapter.traverse(crit) if adapter else crit
+                    for crit in additional_entity_criteria
+                )
+
+        # merge together single table inheritance criteria keyed to
+        # top-level mapper / aliasedinsp (which may be a with_polymorphic())
+        for (ext_info, polymorphic_on), (
+            merged_crit,
+            adapters,
+        ) in merged_single_crit.items():
+            new_crit = polymorphic_on.in_(merged_crit)
+            for adapter in adapters:
+                new_crit = adapter.traverse(new_crit)
+            _where_criteria_to_add += (new_crit,)
+
+        current_adapter = self._get_current_adapter()
+        if current_adapter:
+            # finally run all the criteria through the "main" adapter, if we
+            # have one, and concatenate to final WHERE criteria
+            for crit in _where_criteria_to_add:
+                crit = current_adapter(crit, False)
+                self._where_criteria += (crit,)
+        else:
+            # else just concatenate our criteria to the final WHERE criteria
+            self._where_criteria += _where_criteria_to_add
+
+
+def _column_descriptions(
+    query_or_select_stmt: Union[Query, Select, FromStatement],
+    compile_state: Optional[_ORMSelectCompileState] = None,
+    legacy: bool = False,
+) -> List[ORMColumnDescription]:
+    if compile_state is None:
+        compile_state = _ORMSelectCompileState._create_entities_collection(
+            query_or_select_stmt, legacy=legacy
+        )
+    ctx = compile_state
+    d = [
+        {
+            "name": ent._label_name,
+            "type": ent.type,
+            "aliased": getattr(insp_ent, "is_aliased_class", False),
+            "expr": ent.expr,
+            "entity": (
+                getattr(insp_ent, "entity", None)
+                if ent.entity_zero is not None
+                and not insp_ent.is_clause_element
+                else None
+            ),
+        }
+        for ent, insp_ent in [
+            (_ent, _ent.entity_zero) for _ent in ctx._entities
+        ]
+    ]
+    return d
+
+
+def _legacy_filter_by_entity_zero(
+    query_or_augmented_select: Union[Query[Any], Select[Unpack[TupleAny]]],
+) -> Optional[_InternalEntityType[Any]]:
+    self = query_or_augmented_select
+    if self._setup_joins:
+        _last_joined_entity = self._last_joined_entity
+        if _last_joined_entity is not None:
+            return _last_joined_entity
+
+    if self._from_obj and "parententity" in self._from_obj[0]._annotations:
+        return self._from_obj[0]._annotations["parententity"]
+
+    return _entity_from_pre_ent_zero(self)
+
+
+def _entity_from_pre_ent_zero(
+    query_or_augmented_select: Union[Query[Any], Select[Unpack[TupleAny]]],
+) -> Optional[_InternalEntityType[Any]]:
+    self = query_or_augmented_select
+    if not self._raw_columns:
+        return None
+
+    ent = self._raw_columns[0]
+
+    if "parententity" in ent._annotations:
+        return ent._annotations["parententity"]
+    elif isinstance(ent, ORMColumnsClauseRole):
+        return ent.entity
+    elif "bundle" in ent._annotations:
+        return ent._annotations["bundle"]
+    else:
+        return ent
+
+
+def _determine_last_joined_entity(
+    setup_joins: Tuple[_SetupJoinsElement, ...],
+    entity_zero: Optional[_InternalEntityType[Any]] = None,
+) -> Optional[Union[_InternalEntityType[Any], _JoinTargetElement]]:
+    if not setup_joins:
+        return None
+
+    (target, onclause, from_, flags) = setup_joins[-1]
+
+    if isinstance(
+        target,
+        attributes.QueryableAttribute,
+    ):
+        return target.entity
+    else:
+        return target
+
+
+class _QueryEntity:
+    """represent an entity column returned within a Query result."""
+
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    supports_single_entity: bool
+
+    _non_hashable_value = False
+    _null_column_type = False
+    use_id_for_hash = False
+
+    _label_name: Optional[str]
+    type: Union[Type[Any], TypeEngine[Any]]
+    expr: Union[_InternalEntityType, ColumnElement[Any]]
+    entity_zero: Optional[_InternalEntityType]
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state: _ORMCompileState) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(
+        self,
+        compile_state: _ORMCompileState,
+        adapter: Optional[_DMLReturningColFilter],
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def row_processor(self, context, result):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def to_compile_state(
+        cls, compile_state, entities, entities_collection, is_current_entities
+    ):
+        for idx, entity in enumerate(entities):
+            if entity._is_lambda_element:
+                if entity._is_sequence:
+                    cls.to_compile_state(
+                        compile_state,
+                        entity._resolved,
+                        entities_collection,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                    )
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    entity = entity._resolved
+
+            if entity.is_clause_element:
+                if entity.is_selectable:
+                    if "parententity" in entity._annotations:
+                        _MapperEntity(
+                            compile_state,
+                            entity,
+                            entities_collection,
+                            is_current_entities,
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        _ColumnEntity._for_columns(
+                            compile_state,
+                            entity._select_iterable,
+                            entities_collection,
+                            idx,
+                            is_current_entities,
+                        )
+                else:
+                    if entity._annotations.get("bundle", False):
+                        _BundleEntity(
+                            compile_state,
+                            entity,
+                            entities_collection,
+                            is_current_entities,
+                        )
+                    elif entity._is_clause_list:
+                        # this is legacy only - test_composites.py
+                        # test_query_cols_legacy
+                        _ColumnEntity._for_columns(
+                            compile_state,
+                            entity._select_iterable,
+                            entities_collection,
+                            idx,
+                            is_current_entities,
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        _ColumnEntity._for_columns(
+                            compile_state,
+                            [entity],
+                            entities_collection,
+                            idx,
+                            is_current_entities,
+                        )
+            elif entity.is_bundle:
+                _BundleEntity(compile_state, entity, entities_collection)
+
+        return entities_collection
+
+
+class _MapperEntity(_QueryEntity):
+    """mapper/class/AliasedClass entity"""
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "expr",
+        "mapper",
+        "entity_zero",
+        "is_aliased_class",
+        "path",
+        "_extra_entities",
+        "_label_name",
+        "_with_polymorphic_mappers",
+        "selectable",
+        "_polymorphic_discriminator",
+    )
+
+    expr: _InternalEntityType
+    mapper: Mapper[Any]
+    entity_zero: _InternalEntityType
+    is_aliased_class: bool
+    path: PathRegistry
+    _label_name: str
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, compile_state, entity, entities_collection, is_current_entities
+    ):
+        entities_collection.append(self)
+        if is_current_entities:
+            if compile_state._primary_entity is None:
+                compile_state._primary_entity = self
+            compile_state._has_mapper_entities = True
+            compile_state._has_orm_entities = True
+
+        entity = entity._annotations["parententity"]
+        entity._post_inspect
+        ext_info = self.entity_zero = entity
+        entity = ext_info.entity
+
+        self.expr = entity
+        self.mapper = mapper = ext_info.mapper
+
+        self._extra_entities = (self.expr,)
+
+        if ext_info.is_aliased_class:
+            self._label_name = ext_info.name
+        else:
+            self._label_name = mapper.class_.__name__
+
+        self.is_aliased_class = ext_info.is_aliased_class
+        self.path = ext_info._path_registry
+
+        self.selectable = ext_info.selectable
+        self._with_polymorphic_mappers = ext_info.with_polymorphic_mappers
+        self._polymorphic_discriminator = ext_info.polymorphic_on
+
+        if mapper._should_select_with_poly_adapter:
+            compile_state._create_with_polymorphic_adapter(
+                ext_info, self.selectable
+            )
+
+    supports_single_entity = True
+
+    _non_hashable_value = True
+    use_id_for_hash = True
+
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return self.mapper.class_
+
+    @property
+    def entity_zero_or_selectable(self):
+        return self.entity_zero
+
+    def corresponds_to(self, entity):
+        return _entity_corresponds_to(self.entity_zero, entity)
+
+    def _get_entity_clauses(self, compile_state):
+        adapter = None
+
+        if not self.is_aliased_class:
+            if compile_state._polymorphic_adapters:
+                adapter = compile_state._polymorphic_adapters.get(
+                    self.mapper, None
+                )
+        else:
+            adapter = self.entity_zero._adapter
+
+        if adapter:
+            if compile_state._from_obj_alias:
+                ret = adapter.wrap(compile_state._from_obj_alias)
+            else:
+                ret = adapter
+        else:
+            ret = compile_state._from_obj_alias
+
+        return ret
+
+    def row_processor(self, context, result):
+        compile_state = context.compile_state
+        adapter = self._get_entity_clauses(compile_state)
+
+        if compile_state.compound_eager_adapter and adapter:
+            adapter = adapter.wrap(compile_state.compound_eager_adapter)
+        elif not adapter:
+            adapter = compile_state.compound_eager_adapter
+
+        if compile_state._primary_entity is self:
+            only_load_props = compile_state.compile_options._only_load_props
+            refresh_state = context.refresh_state
+        else:
+            only_load_props = refresh_state = None
+
+        _instance = loading._instance_processor(
+            self,
+            self.mapper,
+            context,
+            result,
+            self.path,
+            adapter,
+            only_load_props=only_load_props,
+            refresh_state=refresh_state,
+            polymorphic_discriminator=self._polymorphic_discriminator,
+        )
+
+        return _instance, self._label_name, self._extra_entities
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(
+        self,
+        compile_state: _ORMCompileState,
+        adapter: Optional[_DMLReturningColFilter],
+    ) -> None:
+        loading._setup_entity_query(
+            compile_state,
+            self.mapper,
+            self,
+            self.path,
+            adapter,
+            compile_state.primary_columns,
+            with_polymorphic=self._with_polymorphic_mappers,
+            only_load_props=compile_state.compile_options._only_load_props,
+            polymorphic_discriminator=self._polymorphic_discriminator,
+        )
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state):
+        adapter = self._get_entity_clauses(compile_state)
+
+        single_table_crit = self.mapper._single_table_criterion
+        if (
+            single_table_crit is not None
+            or ("additional_entity_criteria", self.mapper)
+            in compile_state.global_attributes
+        ):
+            ext_info = self.entity_zero
+            compile_state.extra_criteria_entities[ext_info] = (
+                ext_info,
+                ext_info._adapter if ext_info.is_aliased_class else None,
+            )
+
+        loading._setup_entity_query(
+            compile_state,
+            self.mapper,
+            self,
+            self.path,
+            adapter,
+            compile_state.primary_columns,
+            with_polymorphic=self._with_polymorphic_mappers,
+            only_load_props=compile_state.compile_options._only_load_props,
+            polymorphic_discriminator=self._polymorphic_discriminator,
+        )
+        compile_state._fallback_from_clauses.append(self.selectable)
+
+
+class _BundleEntity(_QueryEntity):
+    _extra_entities = ()
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "bundle",
+        "expr",
+        "type",
+        "_label_name",
+        "_entities",
+        "supports_single_entity",
+    )
+
+    _entities: List[_QueryEntity]
+    bundle: Bundle
+    type: Type[Any]
+    _label_name: str
+    supports_single_entity: bool
+    expr: Bundle
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        compile_state,
+        expr,
+        entities_collection,
+        is_current_entities,
+        setup_entities=True,
+        parent_bundle=None,
+    ):
+        compile_state._has_orm_entities = True
+
+        expr = expr._annotations["bundle"]
+        if parent_bundle:
+            parent_bundle._entities.append(self)
+        else:
+            entities_collection.append(self)
+
+        if isinstance(
+            expr, (attributes.QueryableAttribute, interfaces.PropComparator)
+        ):
+            bundle = expr.__clause_element__()
+        else:
+            bundle = expr
+
+        self.bundle = self.expr = bundle
+        self.type = type(bundle)
+        self._label_name = bundle.name
+        self._entities = []
+
+        if setup_entities:
+            for expr in bundle.exprs:
+                if "bundle" in expr._annotations:
+                    _BundleEntity(
+                        compile_state,
+                        expr,
+                        entities_collection,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                        parent_bundle=self,
+                    )
+                elif isinstance(expr, Bundle):
+                    _BundleEntity(
+                        compile_state,
+                        expr,
+                        entities_collection,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                        parent_bundle=self,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    _ORMColumnEntity._for_columns(
+                        compile_state,
+                        [expr],
+                        entities_collection,
+                        None,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                        parent_bundle=self,
+                    )
+
+        self.supports_single_entity = self.bundle.single_entity
+
+    @property
+    def mapper(self):
+        ezero = self.entity_zero
+        if ezero is not None:
+            return ezero.mapper
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    @property
+    def entity_zero(self):
+        for ent in self._entities:
+            ezero = ent.entity_zero
+            if ezero is not None:
+                return ezero
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def corresponds_to(self, entity):
+        # TODO: we might be able to implement this but for now
+        # we are working around it
+        return False
+
+    @property
+    def entity_zero_or_selectable(self):
+        for ent in self._entities:
+            ezero = ent.entity_zero_or_selectable
+            if ezero is not None:
+                return ezero
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state):
+        for ent in self._entities:
+            ent.setup_compile_state(compile_state)
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(
+        self,
+        compile_state: _ORMCompileState,
+        adapter: Optional[_DMLReturningColFilter],
+    ) -> None:
+        return self.setup_compile_state(compile_state)
+
+    def row_processor(self, context, result):
+        procs, labels, extra = zip(
+            *[ent.row_processor(context, result) for ent in self._entities]
+        )
+
+        proc = self.bundle.create_row_processor(context.query, procs, labels)
+
+        return proc, self._label_name, self._extra_entities
+
+
+class _ColumnEntity(_QueryEntity):
+    __slots__ = (
+        "_fetch_column",
+        "_row_processor",
+        "raw_column_index",
+        "translate_raw_column",
+    )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _for_columns(
+        cls,
+        compile_state,
+        columns,
+        entities_collection,
+        raw_column_index,
+        is_current_entities,
+        parent_bundle=None,
+    ):
+        for column in columns:
+            annotations = column._annotations
+            if "parententity" in annotations:
+                _entity = annotations["parententity"]
+            else:
+                _entity = sql_util.extract_first_column_annotation(
+                    column, "parententity"
+                )
+
+            if _entity:
+                if "identity_token" in column._annotations:
+                    _IdentityTokenEntity(
+                        compile_state,
+                        column,
+                        entities_collection,
+                        _entity,
+                        raw_column_index,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                        parent_bundle=parent_bundle,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    _ORMColumnEntity(
+                        compile_state,
+                        column,
+                        entities_collection,
+                        _entity,
+                        raw_column_index,
+                        is_current_entities,
+                        parent_bundle=parent_bundle,
+                    )
+            else:
+                _RawColumnEntity(
+                    compile_state,
+                    column,
+                    entities_collection,
+                    raw_column_index,
+                    is_current_entities,
+                    parent_bundle=parent_bundle,
+                )
+
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return self.column.type
+
+    @property
+    def _non_hashable_value(self):
+        return not self.column.type.hashable
+
+    @property
+    def _null_column_type(self):
+        return self.column.type._isnull
+
+    def row_processor(self, context, result):
+        compile_state = context.compile_state
+
+        # the resulting callable is entirely cacheable so just return
+        # it if we already made one
+        if self._row_processor is not None:
+            getter, label_name, extra_entities = self._row_processor
+            if self.translate_raw_column:
+                extra_entities += (
+                    context.query._raw_columns[self.raw_column_index],
+                )
+
+            return getter, label_name, extra_entities
+
+        # retrieve the column that would have been set up in
+        # setup_compile_state, to avoid doing redundant work
+        if self._fetch_column is not None:
+            column = self._fetch_column
+        else:
+            # fetch_column will be None when we are doing a from_statement
+            # and setup_compile_state may not have been called.
+            column = self.column
+
+            # previously, the RawColumnEntity didn't look for from_obj_alias
+            # however I can't think of a case where we would be here and
+            # we'd want to ignore it if this is the from_statement use case.
+            # it's not really a use case to have raw columns + from_statement
+            if compile_state._from_obj_alias:
+                column = compile_state._from_obj_alias.columns[column]
+
+            if column._annotations:
+                # annotated columns perform more slowly in compiler and
+                # result due to the __eq__() method, so use deannotated
+                column = column._deannotate()
+
+        if compile_state.compound_eager_adapter:
+            column = compile_state.compound_eager_adapter.columns[column]
+
+        getter = result._getter(column)
+        ret = getter, self._label_name, self._extra_entities
+        self._row_processor = ret
+
+        if self.translate_raw_column:
+            extra_entities = self._extra_entities + (
+                context.query._raw_columns[self.raw_column_index],
+            )
+            return getter, self._label_name, extra_entities
+        else:
+            return ret
+
+
+class _RawColumnEntity(_ColumnEntity):
+    entity_zero = None
+    mapper = None
+    supports_single_entity = False
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "expr",
+        "column",
+        "_label_name",
+        "entity_zero_or_selectable",
+        "_extra_entities",
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        compile_state,
+        column,
+        entities_collection,
+        raw_column_index,
+        is_current_entities,
+        parent_bundle=None,
+    ):
+        self.expr = column
+        self.raw_column_index = raw_column_index
+        self.translate_raw_column = raw_column_index is not None
+
+        if column._is_star:
+            compile_state.compile_options += {"_is_star": True}
+
+        if not is_current_entities or column._is_text_clause:
+            self._label_name = None
+        else:
+            if parent_bundle:
+                self._label_name = column._proxy_key
+            else:
+                self._label_name = compile_state._label_convention(column)
+
+        if parent_bundle:
+            parent_bundle._entities.append(self)
+        else:
+            entities_collection.append(self)
+
+        self.column = column
+        self.entity_zero_or_selectable = (
+            self.column._from_objects[0] if self.column._from_objects else None
+        )
+        self._extra_entities = (self.expr, self.column)
+        self._fetch_column = self._row_processor = None
+
+    def corresponds_to(self, entity):
+        return False
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(
+        self,
+        compile_state: _ORMCompileState,
+        adapter: Optional[_DMLReturningColFilter],
+    ) -> None:
+        return self.setup_compile_state(compile_state)
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state):
+        current_adapter = compile_state._get_current_adapter()
+        if current_adapter:
+            column = current_adapter(self.column, False)
+            if column is None:
+                return
+        else:
+            column = self.column
+
+        if column._annotations:
+            # annotated columns perform more slowly in compiler and
+            # result due to the __eq__() method, so use deannotated
+            column = column._deannotate()
+
+        compile_state.dedupe_columns.add(column)
+        compile_state.primary_columns.append(column)
+        self._fetch_column = column
+
+
+class _ORMColumnEntity(_ColumnEntity):
+    """Column/expression based entity."""
+
+    supports_single_entity = False
+
+    __slots__ = (
+        "expr",
+        "mapper",
+        "column",
+        "_label_name",
+        "entity_zero_or_selectable",
+        "entity_zero",
+        "_extra_entities",
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        compile_state,
+        column,
+        entities_collection,
+        parententity,
+        raw_column_index,
+        is_current_entities,
+        parent_bundle=None,
+    ):
+        annotations = column._annotations
+
+        _entity = parententity
+
+        # an AliasedClass won't have proxy_key in the annotations for
+        # a column if it was acquired using the class' adapter directly,
+        # such as using AliasedInsp._adapt_element().  this occurs
+        # within internal loaders.
+
+        orm_key = annotations.get("proxy_key", None)
+        proxy_owner = annotations.get("proxy_owner", _entity)
+        if orm_key:
+            self.expr = getattr(proxy_owner.entity, orm_key)
+            self.translate_raw_column = False
+        else:
+            # if orm_key is not present, that means this is an ad-hoc
+            # SQL ColumnElement, like a CASE() or other expression.
+            # include this column position from the invoked statement
+            # in the ORM-level ResultSetMetaData on each execute, so that
+            # it can be targeted by identity after caching
+            self.expr = column
+            self.translate_raw_column = raw_column_index is not None
+
+        self.raw_column_index = raw_column_index
+
+        if is_current_entities:
+            if parent_bundle:
+                self._label_name = orm_key if orm_key else column._proxy_key
+            else:
+                self._label_name = compile_state._label_convention(
+                    column, col_name=orm_key
+                )
+        else:
+            self._label_name = None
+
+        _entity._post_inspect
+        self.entity_zero = self.entity_zero_or_selectable = ezero = _entity
+        self.mapper = mapper = _entity.mapper
+
+        if parent_bundle:
+            parent_bundle._entities.append(self)
+        else:
+            entities_collection.append(self)
+
+        compile_state._has_orm_entities = True
+
+        self.column = column
+
+        self._fetch_column = self._row_processor = None
+
+        self._extra_entities = (self.expr, self.column)
+
+        if mapper._should_select_with_poly_adapter:
+            compile_state._create_with_polymorphic_adapter(
+                ezero, ezero.selectable
+            )
+
+    def corresponds_to(self, entity):
+        if _is_aliased_class(entity):
+            # TODO: polymorphic subclasses ?
+            return entity is self.entity_zero
+        else:
+            return not _is_aliased_class(
+                self.entity_zero
+            ) and entity.common_parent(self.entity_zero)
+
+    def setup_dml_returning_compile_state(
+        self,
+        compile_state: _ORMCompileState,
+        adapter: Optional[_DMLReturningColFilter],
+    ) -> None:
+
+        self._fetch_column = column = self.column
+        if adapter:
+            column = adapter(column, False)
+
+        if column is not None:
+            compile_state.dedupe_columns.add(column)
+            compile_state.primary_columns.append(column)
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state):
+        current_adapter = compile_state._get_current_adapter()
+        if current_adapter:
+            column = current_adapter(self.column, False)
+            if column is None:
+                assert compile_state.is_dml_returning
+                self._fetch_column = self.column
+                return
+        else:
+            column = self.column
+
+        ezero = self.entity_zero
+
+        single_table_crit = self.mapper._single_table_criterion
+        if (
+            single_table_crit is not None
+            or ("additional_entity_criteria", self.mapper)
+            in compile_state.global_attributes
+        ):
+            compile_state.extra_criteria_entities[ezero] = (
+                ezero,
+                ezero._adapter if ezero.is_aliased_class else None,
+            )
+
+        if column._annotations and not column._expression_label:
+            # annotated columns perform more slowly in compiler and
+            # result due to the __eq__() method, so use deannotated
+            column = column._deannotate()
+
+        # use entity_zero as the from if we have it. this is necessary
+        # for polymorphic scenarios where our FROM is based on ORM entity,
+        # not the FROM of the column.  but also, don't use it if our column
+        # doesn't actually have any FROMs that line up, such as when its
+        # a scalar subquery.
+        if set(self.column._from_objects).intersection(
+            ezero.selectable._from_objects
+        ):
+            compile_state._fallback_from_clauses.append(ezero.selectable)
+
+        compile_state.dedupe_columns.add(column)
+        compile_state.primary_columns.append(column)
+        self._fetch_column = column
+
+
+class _IdentityTokenEntity(_ORMColumnEntity):
+    translate_raw_column = False
+
+    def setup_compile_state(self, compile_state):
+        pass
+
+    def row_processor(self, context, result):
+        def getter(row):
+            return context.load_options._identity_token
+
+        return getter, self._label_name, self._extra_entities