On Jun 21, 4:24 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[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() > > 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. > > Thanks for your help. > > kelie
You need to learn sql if you want to deal with databases. Don't worry, it's very easy, and here is a very good resource to get you up and running in a few minutes: http://www.sqlcourse.com Good luck! Luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list