These types should either be ignored or have already been
    inserted into the SQL directly and dont need sqlalchemy to do
    it for us.

def _mysql_isval(val):
    """ These types should either be ignored or have already been
    inserted into the SQL directly and dont need sqlalchemy to do
    it for us. """
    if _mysql_is_list(val):
        return False
    elif isinstance(val, mysql_col):
        return False
    elif val in [None, mysql_now, mysql_ignore]:
        return False
    return True