Re: psycopg2 or pygresql?
exhuma.twn wrote: [...] > > Apparently I am deaf dumb and blind :( Sorry. I grepped several > times through the PEP for various other reasons, and this little bit > escaped me. > You forgot "stupid" ;-) > Thanks for being nice guys and answering anyhow. Much appreciated. > A pleasure. been-known-to-act-stupid-myself-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: psycopg2 or pygresql?
On Sep 19, 5:47 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> exhuma.twn wrote:
> > Plain and simple. What would you use?
>
> > So far I have written everything with psycopg2. One thing that annoys
> > me is that I cannot easily access the column names from a query. I
> > know that this is not part of the DBAPI2 so I cannot expect the model
> > to suport it.
>
> Yes it is.
>
> Execute a SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE 1=0 and then examine
> cursor.description. This allows you to introspect on database structure.
>
> > I quite like the "mogrify" method of psycopg2 very much. It's very
> > useful for debugging.
>
> > And before someone says: "Use the DictCursor-factory to access column
> > names". Yes I can do that. But a dict does not guarantee the same
> > order of keys as the columns were specified in the query.
>
> See below.
>
> > The reason: I wrote a very simple Qt-Widget (inherited from
> > QTableWidget) that takes a SQL query and displays the results. And I
> > would like to have the columns ordered the same way as I specified in
> > the query *with* a header-label. For now I hava a method on the widget
> > which takes a query, *and* a list of labels.
>
> > I can live with that though. Although it itches me.
>
> > Would pygresql solve my dilemma? Or would you rather say: "Don't use
> > pygresql!" ;)
>
> Here's a psycopg2-based session:
>
> >>> curs
>
> >>> curs.execute("SELECT * FROM Person WHERE 1=0")
> >>> curs.description
> (('psnid', 23, None, 4, None, None, None), ('psnfirstname', 1043, None,
> 50, None, None, None), ('psnlastname', 1043, None, 50, None, None,
> None), ('psndear', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None), ('psntitle', 1043,
> None, 50, None, None, None), ('psnworkphone', 1043, None, 30, None,
> None, None), ('psnworkextension', 1043, None, 20, None, None, None),
> ('psnhomephone', 1043, None, 30, None, None, None), ('psnmobilephone',
> 1043, None, 30, None, None, None), ('psnfaxnumber', 1043, None, 30,
> None, None, None), ('psnemailname', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None),
> ('psnreferredby', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None), ('psnlocid', 23,
> None, 4, None, None, None), ('psnnotes', 1043, None, -1, None, None, None))
>
> I believe if you use specific column names in your query they will
> appear in the order given in the query also.
>
> I use this technique in
>
>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81189
>
> to print arbitrary query outputs.
>
> regards
> Steve
> --
> Steve Holden+1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119
> Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com
> Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden
>
> Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline
Apparently I am deaf dumb and blind :( Sorry. I grepped several
times through the PEP for various other reasons, and this little bit
escaped me.
Thanks for being nice guys and answering anyhow. Much appreciated.
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Re: psycopg2 or pygresql?
exhuma.twn wrote:
> Plain and simple. What would you use?
>
> So far I have written everything with psycopg2. One thing that annoys
> me is that I cannot easily access the column names from a query. I
> know that this is not part of the DBAPI2 so I cannot expect the model
> to suport it.
>
Yes it is.
Execute a SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE 1=0 and then examine
cursor.description. This allows you to introspect on database structure.
> I quite like the "mogrify" method of psycopg2 very much. It's very
> useful for debugging.
>
> And before someone says: "Use the DictCursor-factory to access column
> names". Yes I can do that. But a dict does not guarantee the same
> order of keys as the columns were specified in the query.
>
See below.
> The reason: I wrote a very simple Qt-Widget (inherited from
> QTableWidget) that takes a SQL query and displays the results. And I
> would like to have the columns ordered the same way as I specified in
> the query *with* a header-label. For now I hava a method on the widget
> which takes a query, *and* a list of labels.
>
> I can live with that though. Although it itches me.
>
> Would pygresql solve my dilemma? Or would you rather say: "Don't use
> pygresql!" ;)
>
Here's a psycopg2-based session:
>>> curs
>>> curs.execute("SELECT * FROM Person WHERE 1=0")
>>> curs.description
(('psnid', 23, None, 4, None, None, None), ('psnfirstname', 1043, None,
50, None, None, None), ('psnlastname', 1043, None, 50, None, None,
None), ('psndear', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None), ('psntitle', 1043,
None, 50, None, None, None), ('psnworkphone', 1043, None, 30, None,
None, None), ('psnworkextension', 1043, None, 20, None, None, None),
('psnhomephone', 1043, None, 30, None, None, None), ('psnmobilephone',
1043, None, 30, None, None, None), ('psnfaxnumber', 1043, None, 30,
None, None, None), ('psnemailname', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None),
('psnreferredby', 1043, None, 50, None, None, None), ('psnlocid', 23,
None, 4, None, None, None), ('psnnotes', 1043, None, -1, None, None, None))
I believe if you use specific column names in your query they will
appear in the order given in the query also.
I use this technique in
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81189
to print arbitrary query outputs.
regards
Steve
--
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Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com
Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden
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Re: psycopg2 or pygresql?
On Sep 19, 10:06 am, "exhuma.twn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And before someone says: "Use the DictCursor-factory to access column > names". Yes I can do that. But a dict does not guarantee the same > order of keys as the columns were specified in the query. But you can iterate over the cursor.description sequence and then look up the column value (by name or index). I haven't specifically tried this with your setup but I have used it with various DBAPI2 compliant modules. (SQLite, pyodbc, win32 odbc, etc) There are lots of goodies in the cursor.description but each implementation varies on what it provides. Check out the PEP for more info. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/ HTH. Jay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
psycopg2 or pygresql?
Plain and simple. What would you use? So far I have written everything with psycopg2. One thing that annoys me is that I cannot easily access the column names from a query. I know that this is not part of the DBAPI2 so I cannot expect the model to suport it. I quite like the "mogrify" method of psycopg2 very much. It's very useful for debugging. And before someone says: "Use the DictCursor-factory to access column names". Yes I can do that. But a dict does not guarantee the same order of keys as the columns were specified in the query. The reason: I wrote a very simple Qt-Widget (inherited from QTableWidget) that takes a SQL query and displays the results. And I would like to have the columns ordered the same way as I specified in the query *with* a header-label. For now I hava a method on the widget which takes a query, *and* a list of labels. I can live with that though. Although it itches me. Would pygresql solve my dilemma? Or would you rather say: "Don't use pygresql!" ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
