On 2007-09-28 19:22, Sugrue, Sean wrote: > Is this the right email list to be on for asking rather elementary > python questions? > If not do you have a suggestion
It's the right place, indeed :-) Here's an example using mxODBC: # mxODBC is available from http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/: # On Windows: from mx.ODBC import Windows as Database # On Mac OS X: from mx.ODBC import iODBC as Database # On Linux/BSD/etc.: from mx.ODBC import unixODBC as Database # or from mx.ODBC import iODBC as Database # Open a connection to the database connection = Database.DriverConnect('DSN=<datasourcename>;' 'UID=<username>;' 'PWD=<password>;' 'KEYWORD=<value>') # replace the values accordingly, add new keyword-value pairs as # necessary for your data source; data sources are configured # in the ODBC manager # Create a cursor; this is used to execute commands cursor = connection.cursor() # Create a table cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE mxodbcexample1 ' ' (id integer, name varchar(10), data varchar(254))') # this command does not create a result set, so there's nothing # to fetch from the database; however in order to make the # change permanent, we need to commit the change connection.commit() # Prepare some data rows to add to the table, ie. a list of tuples rows = [] for i in range(42): name = 'name-%i' % i data = 'value-%i' % i rows.append((i, name, data)) # Add the data in one go; the values from the tuples get assigned # to the ?-mark parameter markers in the SQL statement based on # their position and the SQL statement is executed once for # each tuple in the list of rows cursor.executemany('INSERT INTO mxodbcexample1 VALUES (?,?,?)', rows) # If you apply changes to the database, be sure to commit or # rollback your changes; a call to .commit() or .rollback() # will implicitly start a new transaction connection.commit() # Now fetch some data rows from_id = 40 to_id = 42 cursor.execute('SELECT * FROM mxodbcexample1' ' WHERE (id >= ?) and (id < ?)', (from_id, to_id)) # Fetch the results for i, row in enumerate(cursor.fetchall()): print 'Row %i: %r' % (i, row) # Remove the table again cursor.execute('DROP TABLE mxodbcexample1') connection.commit() # Close the connection connection.close() Regards, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 28 2007) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > Sean > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Sugrue, Sean > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:58 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: OCBC connection > > I'm trying to make an odbc connection to postgresql which is on a server > using python. > Does anyone have a code snippet to make a basic connection with a select > query? > > Sean > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list