Paul McNett wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > >> One of the main tasks our applications have is to import testing results >> from data files in a variety of formats. >> >> >> >> In VFP, the basic operation is: >> >> >> >> 1. read data file and append or insert data into a VFP cursor. >> >> 2. validate/massage/interpret data contained in cursor. >> >> 3. scan cursor and insert validated data into VFP tables . >> > > If it were me, I'd use basic Python to get the data from the text files into > a python > list of dictionaries, and then I'd instantiate a dabo bizobj and iterate that > list, like: > > {{{ > # assume rows is the list of dicts > # assume every key in the row dict matches field names in the bizobj exactly > > for row_num, row_dict in enumerate(rows): > print "Processing row %s" % row_num > biz.new() > biz.setFieldVals(**myRowDict) > print "attempting to save": > biz.saveAll() > if biz.isAnyChanged(): > print "something went wrong in biz.saveAll()" > }}} > Just a silly preference, but shouldn't the saveAll() method return True/False indicating success? The way you do it (through isAnyChanged()) seems to me.... complicated(?). Shouldn't there be a clear and straight indicator that the save was performed ok?
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