On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 19:24 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a sqlite database table which has a table named "Transmittal".
> Before inserting a new record into the database, i'd like to perform
> some checking. How do i select all records with certain value (say
> "Smith") for a column (say "Last_Name")? Knowing almost nothing about
> SQL, i just selected everything and process the returned list.
>
> cur.execute('select * from Transmittal')
> records = cur.fetchall()
Use a where clause not unlike the one you're using in the delete
statement below.
> Also, how do i delete records with certain value for centain column. I
> was thining of something like
> cur.execute('delete * from Transmittal where Last_Name=?', "Smith")
> but the syntax it's not correct.
You're close. Drop the '*' and put your parameter into a singleton tuple
or one-element list:
cur.execute('delete from Transmittal where Last_Name=?', ("Smith",) )
HTH,
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