I'm having a helluva time:
0) Getting a simple INSERT INTO statement to work;
1) Finding a good, reasonably rich example set or "cookbook," esp. one
geared toward a DB newbie such as myself;
2) Getting good help from the db-sig mailing list (case in point: I
want to generate a list of tables available in a DB I've connected
to--not only does this seemingly natural and basic operation not have
a dedicated method to accomplish it, after two days, no one on db-sig
has yet been able to explain to me how one might use existing methods
to accomplish it--it's as if I'm the first person ever wanting to do
this, and yet what could be more natural than wanting to write:
if table in connection.tables():
act on table
else:
do something else, e.g., complain
Basic, ubiquitous dummy proofing.)
If you think you can help me (and are willing, of course) please reply
off list to david<dot>goldsmith<at>ecy<dot>wa<dot>gov.
Thanks!!!
DG
--
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a
really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would
actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them
again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should,
because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it
happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that
happened in politics or religion.
- Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP address
