Thank you to all for your help on my SQL DDL parsing script, and thank you Alan for having this wonderful list. I got the program to work and verified the DDL is being parsed correctly.
I've been working as a database administrator for many years, but before that I programmed on the mainframe. I'm used to COBOL, SQL, DB2, and latley XML. I've done some Unix scripting and VB script, taught myself some basic C and C++, with some odd Visual Basic along the way, but Python is enitirely new to me. That's why I got thrown off with the output not lining up in Notepad - I've never written anything before that could be displayed in a mode that used proportional fonts. The things I like about Python: - the forced indentation makes for really readable code - it's free! - it can be used on any platform - it can be used for scripting or for builing a stand alone program - it can work in any programming style (O-O, sturctured, etc.) I'm going to be doing a presentation on Python programming for database administrators. This script will help a lot to explain some of the basic concepts. Thanks again very much for your help. Python rocks! -- Frank L. "Cranky Frankie" Palmeri Risible Riding Raconteur & Writer “How you do anything is how you do everything.” - from Alabama Crimson Tide training room _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
