Carl K wrote: > I am sure this is what I want: > http://www.python.org/topics/database/docs.html > "The documentation for the PythonWin ODBC module." > > but it is 404. > > google isn't being nice. > > Anyone know where I can find some simple examples? > > I have used odbc in other environments, so just need to know what modules, > and > the lines to connect and execute a sql command.
Here's a very simple example for 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() With MS Access this gives: Row 0: (40, 'name-40', 'value-40') Row 1: (41, 'name-41', 'value-41') -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Software directly from the Source >>> 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,FreeBSD for free ! :::: -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list