feat(insert): add support for list+dict to sqlalchemy backends

Author: saulpw

ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/__init__.py

@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def table(
     def insert(
         self,
         table_name: str,
-        obj: pd.DataFrame | ir.Table,
+        obj: pd.DataFrame | ir.Table | list | dict,
         database: str | None = None,
         overwrite: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
@@ -496,6 +496,14 @@ def insert(
                             from_table_expr.compile(),
                         )
                     )
+        elif isinstance(obj, (list, dict)):
+            to_table = self._get_sqla_table(table_name, schema=database)
+
+            with self.begin() as bind:
+                if overwrite:
+                    bind.execute(to_table.delete())
+                bind.execute(to_table.insert().values(obj))
+
         else:
             raise ValueError(
                 "No operation is being performed. Either the obj parameter "

ibis/backends/tests/test_client.py

@@ -327,6 +327,26 @@ def test_insert_overwrite_from_expr(
     tm.assert_frame_equal(result, from_table.execute())
 
 
+def test_insert_overwrite_from_list(
+    alchemy_con,
+    employee_data_1_temp_table,
+):
+    def _emp(a, b, c, d):
+        return dict(first_name=a, last_name=b, department_name=c, salary=d)
+
+    alchemy_con.insert(
+        employee_data_1_temp_table,
+        [
+            _emp('Adam', 'Smith', 'Accounting', 50000.0),
+            _emp('Mohammed', 'Ali', 'Boxing', 150000),
+            _emp('María', 'Gonzalez', 'Engineering', 100000.0),
+        ],
+        overwrite=True,
+    )
+
+    assert len(alchemy_con.table(employee_data_1_temp_table).execute()) == 3
+
+
 def test_list_databases(alchemy_con):
     # Every backend has its own databases
     TEST_DATABASES = {