Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-13 Thread len
Sample and test code shows you are correct. tpsFile - is really the SQL file I will be inserting new policy records into tagFile - is a CVS file containing all of the information for a new policy in an XMLish fashion (one record per filed of the policy) I will receive from a third party tagIdxFi

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-11 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . . . >I have done some more reading and I think the code I need is as >follows; > >mycode = "TagToSQL['mySQLfieldname'] = Tagfile['Value']" >exec mycode > >This is

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-11 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, len wrote: > mycode = "TagToSQL['mySQLfieldname'] = Tagfile['Value']" > exec mycode Why do you use ``exec`` here? Why not simply:: TagToSQL['mySQLfieldname'] = Tagfile['Value'] Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread len
Thank all for your reply. I will try again to state the problem. I have three files. 1. Tagfile - This file contains data in a CSV format each record in the file contains three fields 'Tagname', 'Scope', and 'Value' and exampe of this data file follows; "totalpolicypremium","pol0","1584" "quote

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, len <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I appoligize I don't think I have done a very good job of explaining my >problem. . . . >The program I am writing is nothing more than a conversion program to >tak

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread John Machin
len wrote: > Hi all > > I have a file that I receive from another party which is basicly a csv > file containing the following type of information; > > Tagname Scope Value > "first_name","POL01","John" > "last_name","POL01","Doe" > "birthday","POL01","04/03/61" > etc > > I nee

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread len
I appoligize I don't think I have done a very good job of explaining my problem. I work in the an insurance company that sells non standard auto. We have an in house policy management system that uses MySQL for the data storage. An individual policy consists of a policy header and 1 to n drivers

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread danielx
len wrote: > Hi all > > I have a file that I receive from another party which is basicly a csv > file containing the following type of information; Python has a csv module. I'm not sure if you're already using that or if it would be useful to you: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-csv.html > > T

Re: semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread davideugenewarren
Do you absolutely need to use variables? A dictionary would serve if each case has a unique identifier. client_info_dict = {} for i in tagfile: tagname,scope,value = i.replace('"','').split(',') # split fields, strip redundant characters client_info_dict.setdefault(scope,{}) # set up a

semi-Newbie question

2006-08-10 Thread len
Hi all I have a file that I receive from another party which is basicly a csv file containing the following type of information; Tagname Scope Value "first_name","POL01","John" "last_name","POL01","Doe" "birthday","POL01","04/03/61" etc I need to convert this file info into