Hello,
I attempting to execute an Oracle query, and write the results to a
file in CSV format. To do so, I've done the following:
import cx_Oracle
db = cx_Oracle.connect('user/[EMAIL PROTECTED]')
cursor = db.cursor()
cursor.arraysize = 500
cursor.execute(sql)
result = cursor.fetchall()
The above works great. I'm able to connect to the database and print
out the results as a list of tuples. Here is where I get lost. How
do I work with a "list of tuples?" My understanding is that a "list"
is basically an array (I don't come from a Python background). Tuples
are a "collection of objects." So, if I do...
print result[0]
I get the first row of the query, which would make sense. The problem
is that I cannot seem to write tuples to a file. I then do this...
csvFile = open("output.csv", "w")
csvFile = write(result[0])
csvFile.close
This generates an exception:
TypeError: argument 1 must be string or read-only character buffer,
not tuple
So, I'm a bit confused as to the best way to do this. I guess I could
try to convert the tuples into strings, but am not sure if that is the
proper way to go. Any help would be appreciated. I've also seen a
csv module out there, but am not sure if that is needed in this
situation.
Best Regards,
Tom
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