MySQL Query Problem

Victor Subervi victorsubervi at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 10:59:32 EDT 2010


I rebooted MySQL and it now works fine ;)

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Victor Subervi <victorsubervi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here's some more data:
>
>         print 'insert into Passengers values (Null, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s,
> %s, %s, "no", "n/a")' % (curr_flight, curr_customer, name, curr_sex,
> curr_weight, price, curr_rt, curr_confirmation)
>
>         cursor.execute('insert into Passengers values (Null, %s, %s, %s,
> %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, "no", "n/a")', (curr_flight, curr_customer, name,
> curr_sex, curr_weight, price, curr_rt, curr_confirmation))
>         database.commit()
>         cursor.execute('select last_insert_id() from Passengers')
>         last_insert_id = cursor.fetchone()[0]
>         print 'update Passengers set name=%s, weight=%s where id=%s' %
> (name, curr_weight, last_insert_id)
>         cursor.execute('update Passengers set name=%s, weight=%s where
> id=%s', (name, curr_weight, last_insert_id))
>         database.commit()
>
> This prints out:
>
> insert into Passengers values (Null, 1, 1, Dr. Mengela, Male, 155, 100,
> 100, 654, "no", "n/a")
> update Passengers set name=Dr. Mengela, weight=155 where id=15
>
> Here's what's in the database:
>
> mysql> select * from Passengers;
>
> +----+------------+-------------+------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> | id | flights_id | customer_id | name | sex  | weight | price | round_trip
> | confirmation | late_fee | late_fee_paid |
>
> +----+------------+-------------+------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> |  1 |          1 |           1 | ''   | NULL |   NULL |  0.00 |          0
> | 12345        | NULL     | NULL          |
> | 15 |          1 |           1 | ''   | Male |   NULL |  0.00 |        100
> | 654          | no       | n/a           |
>
> +----+------------+-------------+------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> mysql> describe Passengers;
>
> +---------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | Field         | Type                          | Null | Key | Default |
> Extra          |
>
> +---------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> | id            | int(11)                       | NO   | PRI | NULL    |
> auto_increment |
> | flights_id    | int(11)                       | NO   | MUL | NULL
> |                |
> | customer_id   | int(11)                       | NO   | MUL | NULL
> |                |
> | name          | varchar(40)                   | YES  |     | NULL
> |                |
> | sex           | enum('Male','Female')         | YES  |     | NULL
> |                |
> | weight        | int(11)                       | YES  |     | NULL
> |                |
> | price         | float(6,2)                    | NO   |     | NULL
> |                |
> | round_trip    | tinyint(1)                    | NO   |     | 1
> |                |
> | confirmation  | varchar(20)                   | YES  |     | NULL
> |                |
> | late_fee      | enum('no','yes')              | YES  |     | no
> |                |
> | late_fee_paid | enum('n/a','paid','not paid') | YES  |     | n/a
> |                |
>
> +---------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
> 11 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> and when I run the update:
>
> mysql> select * from Passengers;
>
> +----+------------+-------------+-------------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> | id | flights_id | customer_id | name        | sex  | weight | price |
> round_trip | confirmation | late_fee | late_fee_paid |
>
> +----+------------+-------------+-------------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> |  1 |          1 |           1 | ''          | NULL |   NULL |  0.00
> |          0 | 12345        | NULL     | NULL          |
> | 15 |          1 |           1 | Dr. Mengela | Male |    155 |  0.00
> |        100 | 654          | no       | n/a           |
>
> +----+------------+-------------+-------------+------+--------+-------+------------+--------------+----------+---------------+
> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> Please explain why it does that!
> TIA,
> beno
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Victor Subervi <victorsubervi at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi;
>> I have this code:
>>
>>         cursor.execute('insert into Passengers values (Null, %s, %s, %s,
>> %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, "no", "n/a")', (curr_flight, curr_customer, name,
>> curr_sex, curr_weight, price, curr_rt, curr_confirmation))
>>
>> Now, when I print it out, add quotes where necessary and enter it in at a
>> mysql prompt, all goes well. But when I do it this way, it enters null
>> values for curr_customer and curr_weight! Same darn thing printed out works
>> at the prompt. What gives?
>> TIA,
>> beno
>>
>
>
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