Sys.exit() does not fully exit

, everything does shut down but the main script never fully ends. Is there any way to get it to quit? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Pull Last 3 Months

Is there a module that can pull str values for say the last 3 months? Something like: print lastMonths(3) ['Sep', 'Aug', 'Jul'] Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Pull Last 3 Months

Is there a module that can pull str values for say the last 3 months? Something like: print lastMonths(3) ['Sep', 'Aug', 'Jul'] Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Decimal formatting

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Re: How to create a single executable of a Python program

pyobfuscate. Good Luck Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python ODBC

Is there a Python odbc module that will work on Linux? I have a jdbc connection to a DB2 server. I am looking hopefully for an open source solution and not a commercial one. Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Lame wrapper for Python

Is there any type of lame_enc.dll wrapper for Python that's available? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Catching an unknown error

: print Something unexpected happened ---END CODE--- In the last 'except' block, how can I print out the particular error name even though one is not specifically named? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Catching an unknown error

On Mar 23, 9:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 23, 8:16 am, Harlin Seritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using the code below: ---BEGIN CODE--- value = raw_input(Type a divisor: ) try: value = int(value) print 42 / %d = %d % (value, 42/value) except ValueError

Convert to binary and convert back to strings

format so that it shows the original value. Is there any way to do this in Python? Thanks! Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Convert to binary and convert back to strings

On Feb 21, 7:02 pm, Colin J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harlin Seritt wrote: Hi... I would like to take a string like 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocius' and write it to a file in binary forms -- this way a user cannot read the string in case they were try to open in something

Re: Convert to binary and convert back to strings

On Feb 21, 7:12 pm, Larry Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harlin Seritt wrote: Hi... I would like to take a string like 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocius' and write it to a file in binary forms -- this way a user cannot read the string in case they were try to open in something like

Logging errors to a file

Is there any way to automatically log errors that occur within an executed script to a file? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Importing from upper directory

I have a script that I want to import called upper.py. It is 2 directories above the script that will call it - i'll call that one main.py. How am I able to import a script in a directory that is above it? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Getting a class name

Hi, How does one get the name of a class from within the class code? I tried something like this as a guess: self.__name__ Obviously it didn't work. Anyone know how to do that? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to determine what exceptions a method might raise?

Hi Ed, Generally checking the sources give a very good clue as to what exceptions the interpreter can raise. Look around _builtins_ for this. Harlin Seritt Ed Jensen wrote: I'm really enjoying using the Python interactive interpreter to learn more about the language. It's fantastic you can

Re: where is python on linux?

Hi Frank, Usually Python is installed in /usr/lib/python[VER] but you should be able to call up /usr/bin/python without any difficulty. Harlin Seritt Frank Potter wrote: I installed fedora core 6 and it has python installed. But the question is, where is the executable python file? I can't

Finding web host headers

Is there any way to fetch a website's host/version headers using Python? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Valid SQL?

I have this string that I am sending via a Cursor.execute() using MySQLdb: insert into table Ping82_eb13__elearn__ihost__com (`dateTime`, `values`) values( Fri May 12 11:39:02 2006, 1) Does anyone see anything wrong with this SQL syntax? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org

Re: Valid SQL?

_mysql_exceptions.ProgrammingError: (1064, You have an error in your SQL syntax ; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right s yntax to use near 'values) values('Sat Apr 15 08:58:13 2006', '0')' at line 1) Any idea why I'm getting this? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http

Re: Valid SQL?

I am using the exact same query string generated and it works when i type it in the MySQL client but doesn't work when using the MySQLdb module. :( -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How to append to a dictionary

I have some code here: groups = {'IRISH' : 'green', 'AMERICAN' : 'blue'} I want to add another key: 'ITALIAN' : 'orange' How do I append this to 'groups'? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Suggestion for Web App

they use something more robust like DB2 (IBM shop)? Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Caching in memory for Apache

to memory. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What's The Best Editor for python

... strange choices (especially Kate) but they both do what I need them to do. :-) Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Suggestion for Web App

to phpBB? thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What's The Best Editor for python

Was actually going to throw in jEdit for the category of what's good on both platforms... For someone who despises Java, I actually like it. :-) Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Get Root access in Linux?

sudo is something of a quick fix. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: mascyma

You'll almost certainly need to take a look at mascyma's support facilities: support web page, forum, etc (provided they do indeed exist). Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python CGI not working in Firefox but does in IE

actually prefer to have the CGI code execute this rather than depend on the HTML to do it. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python CGI not working in Firefox but does in IE

Ack... I'm an idiot... Thanks Richard -- You're the Man! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

FTPlib

\lib\ftplib.py, line 241, in sendcmd return self.getresp() File C:\Python24\lib\ftplib.py, line 216, in getresp raise error_perm, resp ftplib.error_perm: 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Tkinter: is there a has_focus method or property for a window?

. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Catching very specific exceptions

, 'Connection refused'): and except (socket.error, 10061, 'Connection refused'): to no avail. What do I need to do to catch each one specifically? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Catching very specific exceptions

if something is up or down (and perhaps the only real way to do it running from a Win32 platform). Thanks for the help. However, if you do have suggestions on how to get this done better, I am more than glad to hear it! Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Catching very specific exceptions

well. Maybe my standards are not so high. :-| Nonetheless, thanks for the help and the commentary. I was beginning to think I was losing my mind. Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

socket.gethostbyaddr() question

machines and this either takes too long or causes severe memory leakage due to MS's horrible ping client). Also, I am unable to use Jeremy Hylton's Python ping client because it does little more than call gethostbyaddr(). Thanks for taking a look at this. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Converting milliseconds to human amount of time

How can I take a time given in milliseconds (I am doing this for an uptime script) and convert it to human-friendly time i.e. 4 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes, 10 seonds.? Is there a function from the time module that can do this? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Converting milliseconds to human time

I would like to take milliseconds and convert it to a more human-readable format like: 4 days 20 hours 10 minutes 35 seconds Is there something in the time module that can do this? I havent been able to find anything that would do it. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: Converting milliseconds to human time

Thanks Dan, that would be perfect or close enough I should say. :-) Regards, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How to Retrieve Data from an HTTPS://URL

? thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Need eyes to look at code... time not having an attribute called asctime()

it out. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Function to retrieve running script

Thanks Mike, that will work just as well... just disappointed in myself that i lack the creativity to think of something that simple ;-) thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Function to retrieve running script

Is there a function that allows one to get the name of the same script running returned as a string? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pinging from within python

You can do the following: import os data = os.popen('ping machineName').read() if 'request timed out' in data or 'unknown host' in data: Ping Failed Code else: Ping Returned Something Good Code This is the quickest and really most effective way to get it done IMO. Harlin Seritt

Putting a lock on file.

: open(file, 'r').read() flag = 1 except: pass This may seem nice on paper but I hate to run a while for an indeterminate amount of time. Is there anything else that can be done that would be better? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: Rendering HTML

Hi DH, Thanks for this blurb from ASPN. I am really looking, however, to do this on a Windows machine as opposed to a Unix one at this point. This will come in handy down the road I am sure. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Rendering HTML

I am looking for a module that will render html to console but formatted much like one might see with Lynx. Is there such a module already out there for this? Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python Search Engine app

Hi, Is anyone aware of an available open-source/free search engine app (something similar to HTDig) written in Python that is out there? Googling has turned up nothing. Thought maybe I'd mine some of you guys' minds on this. thanks, Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http

Re: python script under windows

30USD but it does a great job and adds a few extra features. HTH, Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problems with smtplib

What are you getting in your smtpd logs? Are you using postfix? sendmail? or are you running this against a Windows stmp service? Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Win32: Possible to use Python to create Snap-Ins for MMC?

Is it possible to use Python to create snapins for the MMC? Thanks, Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: use threading without classes

Is there any reason why you wouldn't want to do this using the the threading class? To each his own I suppose. You can try the following though you'll at least need to use functions: import time import thread def myfunction(string,sleeptime,*args): while 1: print string

Re: Considering moving from PowerBuilder to Python

you can shake a stick at :-). Harlin Seritt Internet Villa: www.seritt.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Machine Name

How does one get the machine name with Python that the actual script is running on? Obviously, one could parse the hosts file but I was wondering if there was a quick way to get it done? thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Help with Regular Expressions

list variable. How do I get this done? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help with Regular Expressions

Ahh that's it Frederik. That's what I was looking for. The regular expression problems I will take care of, but first wanted to walk before running. ;) Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help with Regular Expressions

Forgive another question here, but what is the 'r' for when used with expression: r'\w+...' ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How to run python script in background after i logout

I have a remote linux server where I can only access it via ssh. I have a script that I need to have run all the time. I run like so: python script.py It runs fine. When I log off ssh I notice that the script died when I logged off. How do I make sure it stays running? thanks, Harlin Seritt

Re: Formatting data to output in web browser from web form

This is perfect. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Formatting data to output in web browser from web form

. Is there anything I can do to make sure paragraphs show up properly? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Want to learn a language - is Python right?

there who think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Take a look at the Python tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html. Good luck, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: extreme newbie

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Re: How to learn OO of python?

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Re: Does TKinter Have A Grid ?

Not a grid widget necessarilly but a 'grid' method you can use instead of pack(). Take a look at http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/grid.htm. If this isn't what you mean, come back. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Active Directory Modules?

Does anyone know if there are any Python Active Directory Modules out there? I looked at LDAP module but there is no version for Python 2.4 and it's support for Active Directory seems to be lacking a bit. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

SGMLlib module

I am trying to use SGMLlib module to extract all links from some data I pulled from the web (via urllib). I have looked at the documentation online and can not make sense of it. As a quick example, how would I get the hyperlinks for an html file? thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org

Re: SGMLlib module

with Python on your own! Thanks for the help, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Using wildcards...

would like to do is to .split() using something akin to this: textdata.split('{*}') # The '*' being a wildcard Is this possible to do? If so, how is it done? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Displaying formatted - data with TKinter

I've used multiple listboxes in the past. Also, you can build a widget that contains multiple listboxes as well. As far as there being one ready to go, I don't know of one. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Quick and dirty dialogs?

Try EasyDialog: http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.python/messages/314003.html It should also be on Vaults of Parnassus. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using wildcards...

George that is what I'm looking for. Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Running script in background.

Hi, I have a script.py that is converted to .exe using py2exe. From another script I call script.exe and would like to be able to run this script.exe in the background (as well as in console -- giving the user some simple options). How can I make this happen? thanks, Harlin -- http

Re: Killing process

I actually tried mapping the PID to an integer value and it still didn't work. At any rate, I found another way to do it. Thanks anyways. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: tkMessageBox dialog help

a more elegant way to accomplish this, please post back ! Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Writing to log file when script is killed

I am looking for a way for my script to write to a log file saying something like this: I was killed at time.asctime() I would like to be able to do this if/when the script is killed by means rather than my own. How in the world would I accomplish this? Thanks, Harlin -- http

Getting PID for process

Let's say I have a simple script on Windows NT. I would like for that script to find its own PID once it's started and store that as a value within the script. Also, down the road I'd like to kill that process by its PID. How is this done? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org

Killing process

I am using os.getpid() to get the pid value for a script running. I store that value (as a string) to a file. Later when I try to kill that pid (i pull this from the file as a string value) I get errors. Using the following lines I get the subsequent error. (pid is a string value)

Re: Killing process

Yeah I've kind of figured that. I was just wanting to know what I could use to kill a pid that is a string value. Thanks though. Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Killing process

I think I need something besides TerminateProcess(). Is there anyway possible to terminate a process by just passing a string value to the function? Honestly, I am not interesting in terminating a process by its handle. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Getting the sender widget's name in function (Tkinter)

(root, text='Button 2', command=say_hello) button2.pack() root.mainloop() Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Can .py be complied?

. If you would like to obfuscate your code (disguise it) without an executable you can try pyobfuscate as well. Just Google for these two and you'll find easily. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Decent Win32All Documentation

. What I am hoping to do is to work on some Python versions of PSTools. I think the win32 modules will be perfect for helping me do this, however, I am having a (more than it should be) difficult time making sense of the win32process module. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Harlin Seritt

Re: Decent Win32All Documentation

Kartic, Thanks for the help. It's good to get a different perspective on something (i.e. MSDN, dir() etc). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Parsing data from URL

Not Allowed/TITLE /HEADBODY H1Method Not Allowed/H1 The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL P HR ADDRESSApache/1.3.27 Server at website.com Port 80/ADDRESS /BODY/HTML How can I make sure that I get the actual html data instead of the data from redirected URL? thanks, Harlin

Multiple tuples for one for statement

I have three tuples of the same size: tup1, tup2, tup3 I'd like to do something like this: for a,b,c in tup1, tup2, tup3: print a print b print c Of course, you get an error when you try to run the pseudocode above. What is the correct way to get this done? Thanks, Harlin -- http

Question Regarding PIL and PhotoImage classes

') photo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im) label = Label(master, image=photo) label.pack() if __name__ == '__main__': root = Tk() app = App(root) root.mainloop() ---END of CODE--- Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Does Tk provide ComboBox ?

:-) Seriously though, you can use the Listbox for almost anything you would need a combobox for. In my mind, it's good for tight spaces (I'm sure someone on this fine board will add something or disagree with me), looks and little else. Regards, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: serialize a tkinter thing

No reason why they shouldn't be. -Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: very simple tkinter demo program

Max, Thanks and good job! Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: workaround for generating gui tools

Benedict, Best to hand-code your code ;-) -- even GUI. This is kind of why I like Tkinter so much. Good luck. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: logging as root using python script

Hi Raghul, If possible, run your program as root. Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Showing errors explicitly in try... except

When using try... except... errors don't show up. Is there a way to force stderr despite using try...except? thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Combining digit in a list to make an integer

If anyone has time, would you mind explaining the code that Dan Bishop was so kind as to point out to me: int(''.join(num1)) This worked perfectly for me, however, I'm not sure that I understand it very well. Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Py2exe and dotNet Python

]) --- I run the setup like this: python setup.py py2exe. Is there anything else I need to do to get this converted into a *.exe file successfully? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: good IIS 6.0(win2k3) python CGI web ext. setup instructions

or even advanced (in a lot of cases), CherryPy allows one to actually program an entire website in Python. For me CherryPy has been the holy grail of web applications (at least for now) making me forget entirely about using PHP or even ASP.NET for web development projects. Cheers, Harlin Seritt

Re: hiding a frame in tkinter

faramarz, Most likely, you'll need to replace the 'forgotten' frame with another one or other widget. You can immediately do *.pack() and it will replace the frame (assumming you haven't already packed something else there). Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie Shell Editor Question

a Control-D Enter ;-) Hope this makes sense. Good luck. Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

Diez, Thanks for the quick reply. I am running this under KDE. I actually haven't tried doing so under any other wm for the moment. Any ideas how to get it to show in KDE? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

I have a tkinter program that shows the 'maximize' button while running on Windows but not in Linux. Is there a way to make it show in Linux? Thanks, Harlin Seritt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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