That query doesn't trigger any errors when run from the InfluxDB CLI, so it might be referring to a Python syntax error. I would also expect to see an exception if it was an error returned from InfluxDB.
Thanks, Ross On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Melissa Flores <meli.f...@live.com> wrote: > data = client.query("SELECT * FROM bmspoint WHERE time > now() - 10m AND > "name" = 'B10_Area3for2_E_MtrEl17_PwrActv'") > > Output: > > File "<ipython-input-587-bb9b83c27768>", line 1 > data = client.query("SELECT * FROM bmspoint WHERE time > now() - 10m AND > "name" = 'B10_Area3for2_E_MtrEl17_PwrActv'") > ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Ross McDonald <r...@influxdb.com> wrote: > >> Can you paste the full query and error output? It sounds like there might >> be something else off with the query syntax. >> >> Thanks, >> Ross >> >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Melissa Flores <meli.f...@live.com> >> wrote: >> >>> When I attempted to use double quotes around 'name' , I received >>> "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Ross McDonald <r...@influxdb.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The word "name" is a keyword within InfluxQL, so you have to wrap it in >>>> double-quotes. Do you get the same error if you update the query to the >>>> following (wrapping 'name' in double-quotes)? >>>> >>>> > SELECT * FROM bmspoint WHERE time > now() - 10m AND "name" = >>>> 'B10_Area3for2_E_MtrEl6_PwrActv' >>>> >>>> You can find more information on proper quoting in the InfluxDB >>>> documentation FEI here >>>> <https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.13/troubleshooting/frequently_encountered_issues/#single-quoting-and-double-quoting-in-queries> >>>> . >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ross >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:01 PM, <melissa.flores...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm trying to collect data from a particular sensor, so I used the >>>>> following code to retrieve the data. >>>>> >>>>> data = client.query("SELECT * FROM bmspoint WHERE time > now() - 10m >>>>> AND name = 'B10_Area3for2_E_MtrEl6_PwrActv'") >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Although data does exist for this sensor in this particular time >>>>> frame, I receive the following error. >>>>> >>>>> InfluxDBClientError Traceback (most recent call >>>>> last) >>>>> <ipython-input-252-a8110907c888> in <module>() >>>>> 4 if n.find(request) != -1: >>>>> 5 print ("True") >>>>> ----> 6 data2 = client.query("SELECT * FROM bmspoint WHERE >>>>> time > now() - 10m AND name = 'B10_Area3for2_E_MtrEl6_PwrActv'") >>>>> 7 print data2 >>>>> 8 else: >>>>> >>>>> /Users/3for2/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/influxdb/_dataframe_client.pyc >>>>> in query(self, query, chunked, database) >>>>> 77 >>>>> 78 """ >>>>> ---> 79 results = super(DataFrameClient, self).query(query, >>>>> database=database) >>>>> 80 if query.upper().startswith("SELECT"): >>>>> 81 if len(results) > 0: >>>>> >>>>> /Users/3for2/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/influxdb/client.pyc >>>>> in query(self, query, params, epoch, expected_response_code, database, >>>>> raise_errors) >>>>> 323 params=params, >>>>> 324 data=None, >>>>> --> 325 expected_response_code=expected_response_code >>>>> 326 ) >>>>> 327 >>>>> >>>>> /Users/3for2/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/influxdb/client.pyc >>>>> in request(self, url, method, params, data, expected_response_code, >>>>> headers) >>>>> 246 return response >>>>> 247 else: >>>>> --> 248 raise InfluxDBClientError(response.content, >>>>> response.status_code) >>>>> 249 >>>>> 250 def write(self, data, params=None, >>>>> expected_response_code=204): >>>>> >>>>> InfluxDBClientError: 400: {"error":"error parsing query: found NAME, >>>>> expected identifier, string, number, bool at line 1, char 53"} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I did not receive this error when I used other tags. 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