In <MtKvt.47400$ja6.35986@fx18.am4> Alister <alister.w...@ntlworld.com> writes:
> > #update file's counter if cookie does not exist cur.execute('''UPDATE > > files SET hits = hits + 1, host = %s, lastvisit = > > %s WHERE url = %s''', (host, lastvisit, filename) ) > > > > if cur.rowcount: > > print( " database has been affected" ) > > > > indeed every time i select afilename the message gets printed bu then > > again noticing the database via phpmyadmin the filename counter is > > always remaining 0, and not added by +1 > replase > if cur.rowcount: > print( " database has been affected" ) > with print cur.rowcount() rowcount isn't a method call; it's just an attribute. You don't need the parentheses. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list