Thanks. I appreciate the quick response. I am going to kick myself for this one ;)
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Asrarahmed Kadri wrote: > Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:38:04 +0000 > From: Asrarahmed Kadri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Joe M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Tutor] basic python question/getting values > > Hey, the call should be: > dbping.db_alive() > and not dbping.db_run() > > HTH, > Regards, > Asrarahmed > > > On 1/2/07, Joe M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I apologize in advanced as I know this is basic information, but I cannot >> seem to figure it. >> >> I have a few scripts that will return a value ie here I am testing to see >> if a database is alive (script is called dbping.py): >> >> def db_alive(): >> dbRunning = '0' >> try: >> con = pg.connect(dbname='xxx', host='localhost', user >> ='xxx',port = xxx) >> pass >> except pg.InternalError: >> dbRunning = '1' >> return dbRunning >> >> This should return a value of 1 if the db is not running else it will >> return a value of 0. >> >> Ok, now I want to call this from another script and have it write >> to a file with the return value (and other values to be added later, but >> right now all I am interested in in getting the return values) >> >> I tried this sort of thing but it doesn't work (I will be writing to a >> file later, but right now getting it to print the value of dbRunning would >> be nice) >> >> import dbping >> l = dbping.db_run(db_run.dbRunning) >> print l >> >> NameError: name 'db_run' is not defined >> >> Thanks for any pointers >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> > > > > -- > To HIM you shall return. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
