Re: Need help to learn Python

2007-03-23 Thread Benjamin Hell
Hi! PythonBiter wrote: > I'm very new in this Group as well Python language. I want to learn > Python. So could you please advice me, and guide me how can i become > master in Python ! If you are new to programming in general, too, the "Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python" is a good start: http

cx_Oracle: Non-ASCII characters handling with different versions

2007-11-13 Thread Benjamin Hell
Hi! I have a problem with the cx_Oracle module (Oracle database access): On a computer with cx_Oracle version 4.1 (Python 2.4.3, Oracle 10g) I can get query results consisting of strings including non-ASCII characters, e.g. the code example below outputs "é 0xe9" (which is the correct ISO-8859-1

Re: cx_Oracle: Non-ASCII characters handling with different versions

2007-11-14 Thread Benjamin Hell
Benjamin Hell wrote: > On a computer with cx_Oracle version 4.1 (Python 2.4.3, Oracle 10g) > I can get query results consisting of strings including non-ASCII > characters, e.g. the code example below outputs "é 0xe9" (which is > the correct ISO-8859-1 hex code for "é

Determine whether program was started by clicking icon or command line

2007-11-29 Thread Benjamin Hell
Hi! I wonder whether there might be a way to find out how a Python program was started (in my case in Windows): By double clicking the file or by calling it on the "DOS" command line prompt. Background: I would like to have the program run in an "interactive mode" if double clicked, and silently

Re: Determine whether program was started by clicking icon or command line

2007-11-29 Thread Benjamin Hell
Roger Miller wrote: >> I wonder whether there might be a way to find out how a Python >> program was started (in my case in Windows): By double clicking >> the file or by calling it on the "DOS" command line prompt. > > I'm not sure whether this applies to your situation, but often > programs st

Re: Which is the best book to learn python

2011-01-27 Thread Benjamin Hell
On 2011-01-26 01:43 , Luis M. González wrote: > On Jan 24, 2:09 pm, santosh hs wrote: >> i am beginner to python please tell me which is the best available >> reference for beginner to start from novice > > If you are a complete beginner to programming, I suggest start with a > tutorial such as "