[DB-SIG] cursor.description - values for 'I don't know'

[Gerhard Häring]

* M.-A. Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com> [2003-01-04 00:21 +0100]:
> Gerhard Häring wrote:
> >Heya,
> >
> >what's the preferred value for the various fields in the
> >cursor.description tuples when they're not known? -1? 0? None?
> 
> None.

Thanks.

> >Yet another issue that the DB-API spec should clarify IMO.
> 
> Doesn't it already ?
> 
> """
>         .description
> [...] must be set to None if meaningfull values are not provided.
> """

I'll try investigating new ways of making a fool of myself for next time
;-)

Gerhard
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