Re: Replace one element of a tuple (LONG)

2006-06-01 Thread Captain Dondo
BartlebyScrivener wrote: >>>that one column is always the same, the name of the host that >>>the database resides on. > > > Then why are you pulling all of the other stuff out of the db? Why > don't you just > > UPDATE tablename > SET hostname(or colname) = 'localhost' > WHERE search con

Re: Replace one element of a tuple (LONG)

2006-06-01 Thread Captain Dondo
Brian wrote: > Captain Dondo wrote: > >>What I'd like to do is build the correct selectlist in the first place, >>rather than build the wrong one and then rebuild a correct one. > > > This is sounding more like a SQL/DB problem and less like a Python one. >

Re: Replace one element of a tuple (LONG)

2006-06-01 Thread Captain Dondo
BartlebyScrivener wrote: >>>I've looked at various search-and-replace snippets but none that address >>>what I am trying to do > > > I think you need to tell more about what you're trying to do. You say > it's in a database? Is that why you can't just put the whole blob in > your text editor

Replace one element of a tuple

2006-06-01 Thread Captain Dondo
I have an array(?) (sorry, I'm new* to python so I'm probably mangling the terminology) that looks like this: [((1028L, datetime.datetime(2006, 5, 30, 7, 0), datetime.datetime(2006, 5, 30, 7, 30), 'Arthur', 'Prunella Sees the Light; Return of the Snowball', 'Prunella prepares for a sleepover wi

Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-29 Thread Captain Dondo
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:42:22 -0600, Larry Bates wrote: > Others have answered your specific question, I thought I > would add some suggestions (not tested): > > 1) You don't need a separate set_title method. You can > change the title attribute at any time by just saying > m.title="new title".

Re: Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-27 Thread Captain Dondo
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:15:34 +, Jp Calderone wrote: > > Notice that you have a method named "url" as well as an attribute > named "url". You have the same problem for "thumb". These methods > and attributes are in collision with each other. When you try to > look up the

Dumb*ss newbie Q

2005-03-27 Thread Captain Dondo
OK, I know this is covered somewhere in Python 101, but for the life of me I cannot figure this out. I really need a basic intro to Python book I am trying to do something very simple - create an HTML tag using objects: class Movie: def __init__ (self, t="", a="", d=""): #

Re: Help on project, anyone?

2005-01-25 Thread Captain Dondo
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:11:32 +0100, Georg Brandl wrote: > Hello, > > to train my Python skills I am looking for some project I can contribute > to. I learned Python about one year ago, and had already some > programming background behind (I contributed to SharpDevelop for > instance), so I'm not