[Tutor] making a python program part of xhtml

2006-06-08 Thread Emily Fortuna
Hola everyone, I'm working on creating a webpage in which a user can submit data into fields to be held in a database (there are other details, but this is the gist of the idea), and I need to use python. I am unfamiliar with manipulating data and web apps as a whole (and new to python), so I h

[Tutor] Interfaces in Python

2006-06-13 Thread Emily Fortuna
Hi friends, I am learning Python and relating to my knowledge of Java... What is (Is there?) the equivalent of Java interfaces in Python? How could I write my own? Emily ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/t

Re: [Tutor] Universal error handler

2006-06-20 Thread Emily Fortuna
Hi Matti! Chances are you may have already seen this, but here are a list of the different Python errors you can catch: http://www.python.org/doc/1.5.2p2/api/standardExceptions.html > Just started learning Python, and I was wondering if there is a way to > catch an error or errors (like EOFError

[Tutor] for loops over multiple lists of the same length

2006-06-22 Thread Emily Fortuna
I feel like there should be a better way to do this process: Can you please help? (This is trivial example code I created off the top of my head, but the same concept that I am trying to do elsewhere.) class Person(object): def __init__(self, first_name, age, fav_color): s

Re: [Tutor] How can I add my folder to pythonpath?

2006-06-23 Thread Emily Fortuna
If I understand what you're asking (forgive me if I misunderstood), you need to create a file in the mymodules directory and call it __init__.py (even if you don't put anything in this file). This tells Python that it is a package containing modules. Then, in your program myprogram.py, you ca

Re: [Tutor] How can I add my folder to pythonpath?

2006-06-26 Thread Emily Fortuna
> That is close but not quite right. The correct import will be > from mymodules import mymodule1 > > Kent My apologies for misleading instructions. Emily > >> >> >> Laszlo Antal wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is how my directory looks >>> myprogram(this is the main folder for my program) >>>

[Tutor] storing dict objects in in a database through SQLObject

2006-07-03 Thread Emily Fortuna
Hello all, I am experiementing in storing Python objects in a SQLite databse using SQLOjbect. I want to store dicts and tuples in the databse, but as far as I can tell the only way to do this is to create a PickleCol. Is there some other better way to store this data? EnumCol? Would a diffe

Re: [Tutor] storing dict objects in in a database through SQLObject

2006-07-03 Thread Emily Fortuna
> The question is one of balance: are you more concerned with > easily getting your dicts and tuples back intact, or with executing > queries on the *contents* of those dicts and tuples? Ideally, I'd like to be able to search the data in these dicts. Is there a way to do this? If not, PickleCo

[Tutor] dynamically executing a statement

2006-07-14 Thread Emily Fortuna
Hello all, I am writing a function in which (in its simplified form) I am trying to return a list of a specified attribute, given a list of objects. It is best if I write some hypothetical code to explain: class foo: def __init__(self, name, data): self.name = name