NameError Problem

[Andrew M. Kuchling]

Jonathon writes:
>	    if ( the_file_is == "john_www.db" ) :
   ...
>            elif ( the_file_is == "jan_www.db " ):
   ...
>            print temp_record_id

Hmm...  try adding 
	     else:
	         print "EEK! Got unexpected filename:", repr(the_file_is)

You could also raise an exception, instead of just printing a message.
I'll wager that the_file_is winds up with some sort of unexpected
value, and causes your variable to never be assigned a value,. because 
none of the conditions trigger.

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