Don Parris wrote: > I'd like to use the result.numfields() function to count the fields on a > given table, but apparently don't quite grasp how to implement it. Below is > my lame attempt. I searched the comp.lang.python group via Google, but > didn't find any relevant info. The MySQLdb User Guide didn't give an > example, nor does the module source. > > My attempt here was to retrieve a single row, and count the fields. That > obviously didn't work. If there's a good example of this, I'd appreciate a > pointer. If you can explain this operation a bit, that would be useful > also. I'm running SUSE Linux 9.2 Pro on an AMD box.
>From a look at the DB-API docs I would think len(result) would give you what >you want, or len(list(cursor.description)) Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor