Hi,
I have a data structure in a python file that looks something like this:
my_map= { "host1": {"target1", "target2", "target3" },
"host2": {"target4", "target5", "target6" },
}
I have a method that has two parameteres (ahost, atarget), which I want to use
to retrieve data from the database. In my database each host has a column and
each target has a row. The way I have it now is something like this:
cursor.execute("""SELECT host1, host2, host3, host4, host5, host6 FROM targets
WHERE target_name = %s """, (target))
This is very inefficient because I'm retrieving data that I don't need. Instead,
I want to use the parameters in my method, but I'm not sure how to do it
cursor.execute("""SELECT %s FROM targets
WHERE target_name = %s """, (ahost, target)) # I tried this, but it
didn't work.
I also tried this, but got a error:
cursor.execute("""SELECT %s FROM targets
WHERE target_name = %s """ % (ahost, target))
Can anybody show me the right way to do it?
Thanks,
Patty
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