question about timestamp and MySQLdb

[Micah Elliott]

On Oct 19, Sean Berry wrote:
> I am using MySQLdb to connect to a database and retrieve a timestamp
> from a table.  The problem is I want the timestamp as a long,
> unformatted and all.
> 
> In the table I have a timestamp like this
> 20051019111617
> 
> But, when I retrieve the value and print it I get
>  2005-10-19 11:16:17
> 
> I want the numeric version, not the converted date.  Any suggestions? 

Without giving any thought to MySQLdb or datetime, the simplest thing
that comes to mind is

    >>> import re
    >>> re.sub('( |-|:)', '', ' 2005-10-19 11:16:17')
    '20051019111617'

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