Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-15 Thread Lie
On Aug 15, 7:12 am, John Machin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 15, 4:55 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #your thought is right. === def sizes2fields(sizes):    d = []    begin = 0    for i in sizes:       if begin:          end =

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Stacey wrote: Hi Guys, I'm new to Python (mostly) and I'm wanting to use it for a new project I'm faced with. I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed-length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it with

RE: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Edwin . Madari
B. Roggisch Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:11 AM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Fixed-length text file to database script Stacey wrote: Hi Guys, I'm new to Python (mostly) and I'm wanting to use it for a new project I'm faced with. I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Larry Bates
Michael Ströder wrote: Larry Bates wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed- length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it with Crystal Reports to create daily reports for my

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Eric Wertman
I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed- length text file. While it has nothing to do with python, I found that creating a MySQL table with the proper fixed length char() fields and using 'load data infile' was the easiest way to deal with that sort of scenario.

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Eric Wertman
Sorry, didn't get to finish my script. Have to figure out the deal with gmail and the tab key someday. myfile = '/somewhere/somefile.txt' sizes = [16,4,8,8,8] fd = open(myfile,r) data = [] for line in fd.readlines() : a = [] idx1 = 0 for l in sizes : idx2 = idx1 + l

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Michael Ströder
Larry Bates wrote: While you are correct, that is not what the OP asked. There is no reference to processing data prior to insertion into MySQL database. Also the OP said they had a 1 day deadline. Larry, having a bad day? I'm confident that the OP is able to sort out *himself* what he

RE: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread Edwin . Madari
: ('1234567890123456', '7890', '12345678', '90123456', '78901234') hope it helps. thanks Edwin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Wertman Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:59 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Fixed-length text file to database

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-14 Thread John Machin
On Aug 15, 4:55 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #your thought is right. === def sizes2fields(sizes): d = [] begin = 0 for i in sizes: if begin: end = begin + i else: end = i d.append((begin, end))

Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-13 Thread ssharpjr
Hi Guys, I'm new to Python (mostly) and I'm wanting to use it for a new project I'm faced with. I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed- length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it with Crystal Reports to

Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-13 Thread Stacey
Hi Guys, I'm new to Python (mostly) and I'm wanting to use it for a new project I'm faced with. I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed-length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it with Crystal Reports to

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-13 Thread Larry Bates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm new to Python (mostly) and I'm wanting to use it for a new project I'm faced with. I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed- length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it

Re: Fixed-length text file to database script

2008-08-13 Thread Michael Ströder
Larry Bates wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a machine (PLC) that is dumping its test results into a fixed- length text file. I need to pull this data into a database (MySQL most likely) so that I can access it with Crystal Reports to create daily reports for my engineers. [..] I need to