From: Mike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:49:30 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: override get_select_precolumns() in StrSQLCompiler
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override get_select_precolumns() in StrSQLCompiler

Fixed issue where :meth:`_sql.Select.get_final_froms` would emit a
deprecation warning when the statement made use of the PostgreSQL-specific
expression argument to :meth:`_sql.Select.distinct`; the same spurious
warning would be emitted when stringifying such a statement without
explicitly using a PostgreSQL dialect.  The fix ensures that this 1.4-era
warning is suppressed under both 2.0 and 2.1.

Note that under SQLAlchemy 2.1, passing an expression to
:meth:`_sql.Select.distinct` is deprecated overall, and is replaced by a
new PostgreSQL-specific construct (see :ticket:`12342`).

Fixes: #13396
Change-Id: I587e24aa7016c56b1d5bfe1048c4b6eb809dfb30
(cherry picked from commit d011fcf9c2532abeae5a686db78b6c1ad1318bce)
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diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_20/13396.rst b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_20/13396.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..542aa3dfb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_20/13396.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.. change::
+    :tags: bug, sql
+    :tickets: 13396
+
+    Fixed issue where :meth:`_sql.Select.get_final_froms` would emit a
+    deprecation warning when the statement made use of the PostgreSQL-specific
+    expression argument to :meth:`_sql.Select.distinct`; the same spurious
+    warning would be emitted when stringifying such a statement without
+    explicitly using a PostgreSQL dialect.  The fix ensures that this 1.4-era
+    warning is suppressed under both 2.0 and 2.1.
+
+    Note that under SQLAlchemy 2.1, passing an expression to
+    :meth:`_sql.Select.distinct` is deprecated overall, and is replaced by a
+    new PostgreSQL-specific construct (see :ticket:`12342`).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
index 7f7243bbe4..df90b69c69 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/compiler.py
@@ -6655,6 +6655,9 @@ class StrSQLCompiler(SQLCompiler):
 
     """
 
+    def get_select_precolumns(self, select: Select[Any], **kw: Any) -> str:
+        return "DISTINCT " if select._distinct else ""
+
     def _fallback_column_name(self, column):
         return "<name unknown>"
 
diff --git a/test/sql/test_compiler.py b/test/sql/test_compiler.py
index d7ad8d09e6..af494f6a24 100644
--- a/test/sql/test_compiler.py
+++ b/test/sql/test_compiler.py
@@ -1984,12 +1984,29 @@ class SelectTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsCompiledSQL):
             "SELECT count(DISTINCT mytable.myid) AS count_1 FROM mytable",
         )
 
+    @testing.variation("case", ["stringify", "final_froms"])
+    def test_distinct_expr_no_dep_warning_str_compiler(self, case):
+        """test for #13396"""
+
+        t = Table("foo", MetaData(), Column("bar"))
+
+        stmt = select(t).distinct(t.c.bar)
+
+        if case.stringify:
+            eq_(str(stmt), "SELECT DISTINCT foo.bar \nFROM foo")
+        elif case.final_froms:
+            eq_(stmt.get_final_froms(), [t])
+        else:
+            case.fail()
+
     def test_distinct_on(self):
         with testing.expect_deprecated(
             "DISTINCT ON is currently supported only by the PostgreSQL "
             "dialect"
         ):
-            select("*").distinct(table1.c.myid).compile()
+            self.assert_compile(
+                select("*").distinct(table1.c.myid), "SELECT DISTINCT *"
+            )
 
     def test_where_empty(self):
         self.assert_compile(