I don't get this. I wrote a script that reads data from a .csv file and puts them into a MySQL database. It works fine on my machine.
Here's the relevant part: <snip> import csv import MySQLdb import sys try: datei = sys.argv[1] except: print("Usage: insert_into_db <.csv-file>") # convert csv to list reader = csv.reader(open(datei, "rb"), delimiter = ";", quotechar = "", quoting = csv.QUOTE_NONE) </snip> After copying it to the server, it says: server1:/usr/local/sbin# ./insert_dgf_customers.py /usr/local/sbin/my.csv Traceback (most recent call last): File "./insert_dgf_customers.py", line 27, in ? reader = csv.reader(open(datei, "rb"), delimiter = ";", quotechar = "", quoting = csv.QUOTE_NONE) TypeError: bad argument type for built-in operation The file my.csv is a test file and correctly formatted (it's the same file that worked on the other machine). I thought the built-in operation meant here is open(), but without putting csv.reader() around it everything works fine... And I guess csv.reader is _not_ built-in, for it from the module - is that correct? Any hints? -paul _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor