This is an issue related to SQLModel and the open discussion (see below)
When creating a very simple table, the generated SQL code is incorrect. It produces VARCHAR2 and Oracle expects VARCHAR2(length). However, using SQLAlchemy, it works fine if you use for example Column(String(10)). Doing similar in SQLModel does not work and is probably related to the typing, which cast this incorrectly.

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Example Code

from typing import Optional

from sqlmodel import Field, Session, SQLModel, create_engine


class Hero(SQLModel, table=True):
    id: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
    name: str # This creates the incorrect VARCHAR2 type in Oracle. Setting e.g., String(20) does not help
    secret_name: str
    age: Optional[int] = None

engine = create_engine("oracle+cx_oracle://<user>:<password>@<dbserver>")


SQLModel.metadata.create_all(engine)

Description

sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError: (cx_Oracle:Database:Error) ORA-00906: missing left parenthesis
[SQL:
CREATE TABLE hero(
id INTERGER NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR2 NOT NULL,
secret_name VARCHAR2 NOT NULL,
age INTERGER,
PRIMARY KEY(id)
)
]

Operating System

Windows

Operating System Details

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SQLModel Version

0.0.8

Python Version

3.11.4

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Originally posted by @angkanas in #641