I am reading "Beginning Python from Novice to Professional" and the book
is really awesome. Nonetheless on ch 13 "Database Support" I found this
code to import data (in a txt file) into a SQLite Database:
#this was corrected because original "import sqlite" does not work
from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
#this function strips the txt file from special chars
def convert(value):
if value.startswith('~'):
return value.strip('~')
if not value:
value = '0'
return float(value)
conn = sqlite.connect('food.db')
curs = conn.cursor()
curs.execute('''
CREATE TABLE food (
id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
desc TEXT,
water FLOAT,
kcal FLOAT,
protein FLOAT,
fat FLOAT,
ash FLOAT,
carbs FLOAT,
fiber FLOAT,
sugar FLOAT
)
''')
field_count = 10
#following is the line I suspect mistyped
markers = ', '.join(['%s']*field_count)
query = 'INSERT INTO food VALUES (%s)' % markers
for line in open('ABBREV.txt'):
fields = line.split('^')
vals = [convert(f) for f in fields[:field_count]]
#the following line raises error
curs.execute(query,vals)
conn.commit()
conn.close
The error was "Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python24\food.py", line 39, in ?
curs.execute(query,vals)
pysqlite2.dbapi2.OperationalError: near "%": syntax error"
After two hours of trying (did I say I am a beginner?) and after some
documentation about PySqlite I suspect the error is in:
markers = ', '.join(['%s']*field_count)
I think Magnus intended:
markers = ', '.join(['?']*field_count)
Did I found an errata or my Python is still too green?
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