[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wanted to write the following code:
>
> import shelve
> try:
> db = shelve.open(file, "r")
> except SomeError:
> print "Oh no, db not found"
>
> Only, I'm not sure what SomeError should be. I tried error,
> anydbm.error, shelve.open.anydb.error, etc. but can't find it. Things
> worked fine with simply except:, but that's not optimal.
>
> Does anyone know either the what the error is or where I can find it
> for certain?
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
What error did you get with just the bare except?
you can find out by saying (for instance):
>>> try:
1/0
except Exception, err:
E = err
>>> E
<exceptions.ZeroDivisionError instance at 0xb6efd8cc>
or to get really fancy, use the traceback module
>>> from traceback import format_exc
>>> try:
1/0
except:
print format_exc()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#10>", line 2, in ?
ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
Peace,
~Simon
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