Is there an easy way to control indents in Python

Juan Christian juan0christian at gmail.com
Mon Oct 20 15:04:09 EDT 2014


Ok, new code using ?:

import sqlite3

db = sqlite3.connect('db.sqlite')


def create_db():
    db.execute('''
    CREATE TABLE TOPICS(
    ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
    URL VARCHAR NOT NULL,
    AUTHOR VARCHAR NOT NULL,
    MESSAGE VARCHAR NOT NULL
    );
    ''')


def insert_db(_id, url, author, message):
    db.execute("INSERT INTO TOPICS (ID, URL, AUTHOR, MESSAGE) VALUES (?, ?,
?, ?)", (_id, url, author, message))
    db.commit()


def get_db(_id):
cursor = db.execute("SELECT ID, URL, AUTHOR, MESSAGE FROM TOPICS WHERE ID =
?", (_id))
return cursor.fetchone()


if __name__ == '__main__':
create_db()
insert_db(12, 'abc.com', 'a', 'b')
print(get_db(12))
db.close()

-------------

But now when I execute I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\sql.py", line 30, in <module>
    print(get_db(12))
  File ".\sql.py", line 23, in get_db
    cursor = db.execute("SELECT ID, URL, AUTHOR, MESSAGE FROM TOPICS WHERE
ID = ?", (_id))
ValueError: parameters are of unsupported type

-------------

And the second time, again, I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\sql.py", line 28, in <module>
    create_db()
  File ".\sql.py", line 14, in create_db
    ''')
sqlite3.OperationalError: table TOPICS already exists

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Simon Kennedy <sffjunkie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Not having ever attempted to go beyond even the basics of Perl, the
> aspect that causes me to refer to Perl 'dismissively' as well comment in
> this thread, is that I don't find Perl to be an aesthetically pleasing
> language and I consider Python functions which have no blank lines in them
> to be a small step towards Perl.
> >>
> >> Some people do not like Python's indentation rules but for me it's a
> large part of what draws me to program in Python. Spaces for indentation
> and blank lines are both aspects of how I like to program.
> >>
> >> I write in Python because I like to, not because I have to.
> >>
> >> I think the only reason I might code a function with no blank lines was
> if I was programming in a language that using blank lines caused it to run
> too slowly.
> >
> > So to be clear, I'm not talking about taking a function like this
> > (contrived) example and just removing the blank line:
> >
> > def find_path(graphdata, start, end):
> >     edges = map(str.split, lines)
> >     graph = collections.defaultdict(list)
> >     for node1, node2, weight in edges:
> >         graph[node1].append((node[2], int(weight)))
> >         graph[node2].append((node[1], int(weight)))
> >
> >     open_heap = [(0, (start,))]
> >     closed_set = set()
> >     while open_heap:
> >         cost, path = heapq.heappop(open_heap)
> >         current_node = path[-1]
> >         if current_node == end:
> >             return path
> >         if current_node in closed_set:
> >             continue
> >         for next_node, weight in graph[current_node]:
> >             heapq.heappush((cost + weight, path + (next_node,)))
> >         closed_set.add(current_node)
> >     else:
> >         raise ValueError("No path from start to end")
> >
> > Rather, I'm saying that where the blank line is should be the start of
> > a new function. There would still be a blank line, just no longer
> > inside the function.
> >
> > Now, maybe you think there should be more blank lines in the above, in
> > which case we'll just have to disagree on that point.
>
> By the way, I didn't test that at all, which is why I've spotted at
> least two bugs in it since sending the message.
> --
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