class InsertFromSelect(object):
    """Form the base for `INSERT INTO table (SELECT ... )` statement."""
    # NOTE(tdurakov): Insert from select implementation added to SQLAlchemy
    # starting from version 0.8.7. Default SQLAlchemy implementation should be
    # used instead of this. Deprecated.

    def __new__(cls, table, select, cols=None):
        if not cols:
            cols = [c.name for c in table.c]

        return table.insert(inline=True).from_select(cols, select)

    def __init__(self, table, select, cols=None):
        """Form the base for `INSERT INTO table (SELECT ... )` statement.

        :param table: table to insert records
        :param select: select query
        :param cols: list of columns to specify in insert clause
        :return:

        Usage example:

            select = sql.select(table_from)
            insert = InsertFromSelect(table_to, select,
                                      ['id', 'name', 'insert_date'])
            engine.execute(insert)

        """