Hi all
I am writing a python program that inserts records into a database on
XP using mxODBC.
I need to write a section of code which will create the following SQL
command as an example;
INSERT INTO statecode (state, name) VALUES ('IL', 'Illinois')
This statement will be built up using the following code;
import mx.ODBC
import mx.ODBC.Windows
def insertFromDict(table, dict):
"""Take dictionary object dict and produce sql for
inserting it into the named table"""
sql = 'INSERT INTO ' + table
sql += ' ('
sql += ', '.join(dict)
sql += ') VALUES ('
sql += ', '.join(map(dictValuePad, dict)) # ??? this code does
NOT format correctly
sql += ')'
return sql
def dictValuePad(key): # ??? this code
does Not format correctly
return "'" + str(key) + "'"
db = mx.ODBC.Windows.DriverConnect('dsn=UICPS Test')
c = db.cursor()
insert_dict = {'state':'IL', 'name':'Illinois'}
sql = insertFromDict("statecode", insert_dict)
print sql
c.execute(sql)
I copied this code off of ASP and I sure it worked for his particular
circumstance but I need to format up the VALUE clause just a bit
different.
I will be working from a dictionary which will be continualy update in
another part of the program and this code is working.
Len Sumnler
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