Re: Searching for txt file and importing to ms access
"Mark Line" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello! > > > I've also managed to connect to my access database, and just print out a > field in a table, but I cant find anywhere on the web that will help me to > import data? Any help would be great?! > > Another method of talking to MS Access is to set up an ODBC datasource... Control Panel > Data Sources (ODBC). Then download and import the mx.ODBC module... this worked a lot faster in my setup than using the win32com route and i find the clear SQL layout simpler to understand. Attached is some sample code I used to quickly get some data from SQL Server, process it, and load into Access, both set up as ODBC data sources. import mx.ODBC.Windows dbc1 = mx.ODBC.Windows.Connect('', user='', password='xxx', clear_auto_commit=0) dbc2 = mx.ODBC.Windows.Connect('', user='', password='xxx', clear_auto_commit=0) # Create cursors on databases. crsr1 = dbc1.cursor() crsr2 = dbc2.cursor() # Get record(s) from SQL Server database. try: crsr1.execute( """ SELECT product_id, image FROM SUP_CATALOGUE_PRODUCT """) except Exception, err: print "*** Error extracting records from SQL Server***" print "Exception:", Exception, "Error:", err sys.exit() else: results = crsr1.fetchall() # fetch the results all at once into a list. if not len(results): # No records found to be processed. print "No records returned from SQL Server table, aborting..." sys.exit() else: # Have records to work with, continue processing print len(results), "records to be updated..." i = 0 for item in results: < processing of each record goes here.> # Now update 1 record in the Access table. try: crsr2.execute( """ UPDATE SUP_CATALOGUE_PRODUCT SET image = '%s' WHERE product_id = %d """ % (new_image, product_id) ) except Exception, err: print "*** Error updating records in MS Access***" print "Exception:", Exception, "Error:", err sys.exit() i += 1 print "All done... records written:", i HTH, JC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Searching for txt file and importing to ms access
Once i have this working i was planing to kept all the txt files as logs, i'd have to give them a real name and stuff. But thanks for you help so far Mark "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Mark Line" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm managed to get some code to download a message from the email account >> and save it to a text file, does any one have a link to some sample code >> to >> search though a file until a string of characters is matched? Or could >> point me to some functions that may help me with this? > > datafile = open("c:\\myfile.txt", "r") > data = datafile.read() > datafile.close() > start = data.index(myindicator) > > will leave start as the index in data where the the string in > myindicator first appears. If you want the end of myendicator, use > start = data.find(myindicator) + len(myindicator). > > Have you considered not saving the message to disk? You can manipulate > it all in memory. > >> I've also managed to connect to my access database, and just print out a >> field in a table, but I cant find anywhere on the web that will help me >> to >> import data? Any help would be great?! > > Can't help with that. The phrase "win32com" comes to mind, but I'm not > a windows person. > > -- > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Searching for txt file and importing to ms access
"Mark Line" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm managed to get some code to download a message from the email account > and save it to a text file, does any one have a link to some sample code to > search though a file until a string of characters is matched? Or could > point me to some functions that may help me with this? datafile = open("c:\\myfile.txt", "r") data = datafile.read() datafile.close() start = data.index(myindicator) will leave start as the index in data where the the string in myindicator first appears. If you want the end of myendicator, use start = data.find(myindicator) + len(myindicator). Have you considered not saving the message to disk? You can manipulate it all in memory. > I've also managed to connect to my access database, and just print out a > field in a table, but I cant find anywhere on the web that will help me to > import data? Any help would be great?! Can't help with that. The phrase "win32com" comes to mind, but I'm not a windows person. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Searching for txt file and importing to ms access
Hello! I'm a python n00b! I've been writing in c++ for a few years so programming's not new to me, just python that I don't know the syntax! What I'm trying to do is get an email from an pop3 account, and then search the email for some CVS data and import that information into MS Access. I'm managed to get some code to download a message from the email account and save it to a text file, does any one have a link to some sample code to search though a file until a string of characters is matched? Or could point me to some functions that may help me with this? I've also managed to connect to my access database, and just print out a field in a table, but I cant find anywhere on the web that will help me to import data? Any help would be great?! By the way I'm running on windows, and have installed the windows add on's. Thanks in advance Mark email code import sys, poplib f = open('c:\\myfile.txt', 'w') mailserver = 'pop3.abilitec.com' mailuser = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' mailpasswd = '***' print 'Connecting...' server = poplib.POP3(mailserver) server.user(mailuser) # connect, login to mail server server.pass_(mailpasswd) # pass is a reserved word try: print server.getwelcome() # print returned greeting message msgCount, msgBytes = server.stat() print 'There are', msgCount, 'mail messages in', msgBytes, 'bytes' print server.list() print '-'*80 for i in range(msgCount): hdr, message, octets = server.retr(i+1)# octets is byte count for line in message: # retrieve, print all mail f.write(line) f.write('\n') print '-'*80 # mail box locked till quit if i < msgCount - 1: raw_input('[Press Enter key]') finally: # make sure we unlock mbox server.quit() # else locked till timeout print 'Bye.' f.close() access import sys, win32com.client print 'start' connection = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Connection') DSN = 'PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA SOURCE=c:\\booking.mdb;/root/blackcomb' connection.Open(DSN) recordset = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Recordset') recordset.Open('SELECT * FROM tblBooking', connection, 1, 3) fields_dict = {} for x in range(recordset.Fields.Count): fields_dict[x] = recordset.Fields.Item(x).Name print fields_dict[x], recordset.Fields.Item(x).Value print 'end' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list