[Tutor] database app

2005-06-18 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have used the cgi module and dig it. heres the deal, my employer wants me to build a dynamic website that will access a database and display customer information on web. ok, easy enough. heres the trick. the database is MS Access. - ick. what could i do to

[Tutor] database app

2005-06-18 Thread nephish
Exactly what i was looking for. thanks gents, i didn't even know this module existed. i guess this access project will not be as intimidating as i thought. cheers ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] question about comma delineated text

2005-06-19 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have some log files that i want to be able to work with. the lines of the log files are comma - delineated. i want to put those into a database where each piece of info (comma delineated) would be the fields of the database. ok, so the first obstacle is learning how to make a list or

[Tutor] how do i pause a script ?

2005-06-21 Thread nephish
Hey all, how do i pause a script. like print 'something' pause a half second print 'something else' any takers? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] database app

2005-06-22 Thread nephish
Alan G wrote: >>>going on at a time I'd consider moving the database >>>or using snapshot technology or similar, Access locks >>>by pages (default 2K?) which can mean a lot of data >>>rows being locked by a single update. >>> >>> >>> >>ok, another question about this, if i use a snapshot, co

[Tutor] strip an email

2005-06-22 Thread nephish
Does anyone know how to strip everything off of an email? i have a little app that i am working on to read an email message and write the body of a message to a log file. each email this address gets is only about three to five lines long. but i cannot seem to get just the body filtered through. i

[Tutor] search through a list

2005-07-02 Thread nephish
, see if the file i am looking for is in it and if so, i need to know how many lines are in the file. here is what i have so far. import os #get a list of Logs in logs folder LogFiles = os.listdir('/home/nephish/Projects/Piv_GCI/logs') #open the loglist file and read the lines LogL

[Tutor] search through a list

2005-07-03 Thread nephish
Hey there thanks, quote: /try num_of_lines = line_find(LogsRead, "PV050614.LOG") I am binding num_of_lines to the return value. In an interactive session, without the binding, a non-None return value will display on screen. But both interactively and in a program binding it makes it easier t

[Tutor] search through a list

2005-07-03 Thread nephish
newest lines of a log file to process later. here is what i have ( kinda long ) #!/usr/bin/python # Update Database import os print ' ' print ' ' #get a list of log files in the directory LogsInDir=os.listdir(&#x

Re: [Tutor] search through a list

2005-07-04 Thread nephish
return line.strip() >>else: >>if line.strip() == flag: >>return_next = True >> >> > > >Hi Nephish, > >Question: what should the program return if return_next is never True? >That is, what happens if the program does not fi

[Tutor] This should be easy

2005-07-18 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have a script that i am trying to use to add a record to a MySQL database. i keep getting a syntax error. this works cursor.execute("INSERT INTO Table ( numberone ) VALUES ( 'one');") but this does not cursor.execute("INSERT INTO Table ( numberone, numbertwo ) VALUES ( 'one','two')

Re: [Tutor] This should be easy

2005-07-18 Thread nephish
e awry? dont know what to do next. please help ! thanks On 07/18/2005 03:06:34 PM, Alberto Troiano wrote: > I think it would be better for us if you send us the entire line > that's giving you problems along with the error its givin you so we > can start somewhere > >

[Tutor] This should be easy

2005-07-18 Thread nephish
ok here is the error i am getting. You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corrosponds to your MySQL version for the right syntax near Name ) values ('one', 'two') thanks ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python

Re: [Tutor] This should be easy

2005-07-18 Thread nephish
0 rows affected (0.14 sec) > > This should fix your problem. > > Best Regards to you > > Alberto > >> From: nephish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Alberto Troiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> CC: tutor@python.org >> Subject: Re: [Tutor] This should be

[Tutor] confusing smtp problem

2005-07-20 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am trying to get an email through an SMTP server on a windows computer from a linux machine on the same network. >>> import smtplib >>> import MySQLdb >>> Server = smtplib.SMTP('10.10.10.32') >>> ToAddress = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >>> FromAddress = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >>> Message = 'So

Re: [Tutor] confusing smtp problem

2005-07-20 Thread nephish
P for this at all, we are sending only. incidentally, i appreciate you guys time and attention to this. all the best, shawn On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 19:38 -0400, Reed L. O'Brien wrote: > nephish wrote: > > ok, my fault. the router assigned the smtp server a different address > &

Re: [Tutor] confusing smtp problem

2005-07-21 Thread nephish
he first way because that is what let me connect and do the helo thing via telnet. On 07/21/2005 09:21:14 AM, Reed L. O'Brien wrote: > nephish wrote: > > Sorry about the delay getting back on this one guys, > > yeah, i am running a linux machine. > > no firewall between

Re: [Tutor] confusing smtp problem

2005-07-21 Thread nephish
sorry i am late on this one didnt get a chance to look at it today, perhaps in the morning i will crack this open thanks guys! On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 15:17 +, nephish wrote: > ok this is what i get when i use host = '10.10.10.04 25' > resourse unavailable > line =

[Tutor] how to write a line

2005-07-25 Thread nephish
Hey there, kinda newbie question here. i know how to read the lines of a txt file. i know how to write a txt file. but how do i overwrite a line value with another value ? i mean, how do go to, say, line 3 of a text file and replace what is written on line 3 with something else? thanks <><

Re: [Tutor] how to write a line

2005-07-25 Thread nephish
:18:08 PM, Danny Yoo wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, nephish wrote: > > > i know how to read the lines of a txt file. > > i know how to write a txt file. > > > > but how do i overwrite a line value with another value ? > > > > i mean, how do go to

[Tutor] i know this should be easy

2005-08-17 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have a simple question. if something returns a true or false, how do i test for it with an if statement? i am using pygtk with a toggle button that returns TRUE if checked and FALSE if not. do i need quotes around the TRUE / FALSE or should i use 1 and 0? Auto_Tog = self.AutoCheckRa

Re: [Tutor] i know this should be easy

2005-08-17 Thread nephish
Jeremy Jones wrote: > nephish wrote: > >> Hey there, >> i have a simple question. >> if something returns a true or false, how do i test for it with an if >> statement? >> i am using pygtk with a toggle button that returns TRUE if checked >> and FALSE i

Re: [Tutor] i know this should be easy

2005-08-17 Thread nephish
Kent Johnson wrote: >nephish wrote: > > >>Hey there, >>i have a simple question. >>if something returns a true or false, how do i test for it with an if >>statement? >>i am using pygtk with a toggle button that returns TRUE if checked and >>FAL

[Tutor] Need help with serial input

2005-08-18 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am using the serial module and trying to get some info over an RS232 port. Seems to be comming in ok, but when i print it out, its in ASCII instead of hex. is there a way to have python read serial in hex bytes instead of ASCII ? thanks. shawn ___

[Tutor] need some help with ascii hex

2005-08-18 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am using the serial module and trying to get some info over an RS232 port. Seems to be comming in ok, but when i print it out, its in ASCII instead of hex. is there a way to have python read serial in hex bytes instead of ASCII ? thanks. shawn ___

Re: [Tutor] need some help with ascii hex

2005-08-18 Thread nephish
Alan G wrote: > Hi Francois, > >> I'm not a Tutor but I found this wich could help you: > > > If you are on the tutor list you are a tutor. We don't have any division > of role, everyone helps and everuone can ask for help. We are all equals. > >> To convert character data to integers, you can use

[Tutor] how to make a script do two things at once.

2005-08-21 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have a simple question about getting a script to do two things at once. like this. for i in range(100): print i time.sleep(.2) if i == 15: os.system('python /home/me/ipupdate.py') print 'done' when i run this, it stops at 15 and runs the script called out

Re: [Tutor] how to make a script do two things at once.

2005-08-21 Thread nephish
Kent Johnson wrote: >nephish wrote: > > >>Hey there, >>i have a simple question about getting a script to do >>two things at once. >>like this. >> >> >>for i in range(100): >>print i >>time.sleep(.2) >>if i == 15:

Re: [Tutor] how to make a script do two things at once.

2005-08-22 Thread nephish
Michael Lange wrote: >On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:23:20 -0500 >nephish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hey there, >>i have a simple question about getting a script to do >>two things at once. >>like this. >> >> >>for i in

[Tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-06 Thread nephish
Hello there ! i am having a problem with threading. OK, i have this GUI app that i am building with pygtk. there is a process (four actually, just working on getting one right now) that needs to run in the background. there is a button that starts the background function. But, it locks up the gui.

Re: [Tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-06 Thread nephish
Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote: >nephish a écrit : > > >>Hello there ! >> >> > >Hello, > > > >>i am having a problem with threading. >>OK, i have this GUI app that i am building with pygtk. >>there is a process (four actually, j

Re: [Tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-06 Thread nephish
Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote: >nephish a écrit : > > >>Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote: >> >>[...] >>ok, i am still having a little problem understanding. >>tried it but i don't know if i have things set in the right order. >> >> &g

Re: [Tutor] [tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-07 Thread nephish
Serial1() just call the function ... it will be evaluated and then the result will be sent to Thread.start ... So try: Thread.start(Serial) ok, so far the thread runs fine in the background, but just does not send the output to the textbuffer, and hangs up th

Re: [Tutor] [tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-07 Thread nephish
nephish wrote: > Serial1() just call the function ... it will be evaluated and then the > result will be sent to Thread.start ... > > So try: > > Thread.start(Serial) > > >ok, >so far the thread runs fine in the background, but just doe

Re: [Tutor] [tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-07 Thread nephish
Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote: >nephish a écrit : > > >>one more thing. >>if i uncomment the lines >>gtk.threads_enter() >>and >>gtk.threads_leave() >>the whole thing locks up when the function is called. >>the gui, and the thread both lock

Re: [Tutor] [tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-07 Thread nephish
Pierre Barbier de Reuille wrote: >nephish a écrit : > > >>one more thing. >>if i uncomment the lines >>gtk.threads_enter() >>and >>gtk.threads_leave() >>the whole thing locks up when the function is called. >>the gui, and the thread both lock

Re: [Tutor] [tutor] threading problem in GUI

2005-09-08 Thread nephish
to >the same function. This is the "power" of this system :) Like now if you >want to log your strings on a file, you just define the function writing >in the file and connect the event to this function: you'll have both the >GUI and the log-file outputs ! > >Thi

Re: [Tutor] Boa-Constructor

2005-09-12 Thread nephish
Terry Kemmerer wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am trying to pick an IDE, and it seems to me that Boa-Constructor > has great potential. However, in searching google looking to see what > others have said, I am reading that the latest version of > Boa-Constructor is unstable at best and crashes a lot..

Re: [Tutor] IDEs

2005-09-14 Thread nephish
Matt Williams wrote: >I've used both PyDev and Wing IDE. > >PyDev seems good, and is getting better. >Wing is pay-for (although only $40 or so), but can be trialled. I thought >it was good, but had a huge problem trying to get it to play with a C library >I was using... > >I've never managed to g

[Tutor] pychart and debian

2005-09-18 Thread nephish
Hey there, anyone have luck getting pychart installed on debian ? there is no debian package for it (that i have found thus far) and i need something that will allow me to place some simple x, y plots on a chart in pygtk. if any of you have a better solution, i am not completely sold out to pychar

Re: [Tutor] pychart and debian

2005-09-18 Thread nephish
Danny Yoo wrote: >On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, nephish wrote: > > > >>anyone have luck getting pychart installed on debian ? there is no >>debian package for it (that i have found thus far) and i need something >>that will allow me to place some simple x, y plots on a char

Re: [Tutor] pychart and debian

2005-09-18 Thread nephish
Danny Yoo wrote: >>ok, got the package installed, but it seems to not be working, or the >>examples are messed up. >>here is the source >> >>from pychart import * >>theme.get_options() >>data = [["Jan", 10], ["Feb", 22], ["Mar", 30]] >> >>ar = area.T(x_coord = category_coord.T(data, 0), >>

[Tutor] problem with matplot

2005-09-20 Thread nephish
hey there, anyone have any luck getting up and running with matplot-lib on debian? from the website, i followed the instructions to get it with apt. but something is messed up in the dependencies. i get this import pylab Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in -toplevel- imp

Re: [Tutor] problem with matplot

2005-09-20 Thread nephish
Danny Yoo wrote: > > >>anyone have any luck getting up and running with matplot-lib on debian? >>from the website, i followed the instructions to get it with apt. but >>something is messed up in the dependencies. >> >> > >Check with the Debian folks about this one; the problem you're running

Re: [Tutor] problem with matplot

2005-09-20 Thread nephish
Danny Yoo wrote: >>>Check with the Debian folks about this one; the problem you're running >>>into looks really specific to the way Debian has packaged libstdc++6. >>>This topic isn't really one that folks on Tutor will necessarily have >>>competence in. Instead, try the debian-python mailing lis

[Tutor] time challange

2005-09-22 Thread nephish
Hey there, i use mx.DateTime.RelativeDateTimeDiff to get the difference between date_x and date_y. what i need to do divide this amount of time into 20 different times that spaced out between the date_x and the date_y. so if the difference between date_x and date_y is 20 hours, i need 20 DateT

Re: [Tutor] time challange

2005-09-22 Thread nephish
of time - it is not the 20 hours since midnight, just 20 hours >at any time in the universe. >slice is just 1/20th of that same abstract time. But because of the munificence >of Marc we can add that abstract hour to a real fixed time (ignoring >Einstein of course) > > > >&g

[Tutor] question about pychart

2005-10-14 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have a simple app that plots some numbers sent by a field sensor with respect to time. i am trying to do this in pychart, but the problem is, when the numbers come in, they do so at almost random times. y shows the value sent by the sensor x plots the time that the value came in. what

[Tutor] advice on how to start with urllib

2005-10-22 Thread nephish
hey there gents, i am looking for a good place to start learning how to read a web page with python and pull out bits of information for an app i am doing for work. i have googled and looked at the docs. i looked at urllib and httplib so i think this a place to kinda start. Does anyone know

Re: [Tutor] advice on how to start with urllib

2005-10-23 Thread nephish
Thanks a lot, this stuff is pretty easy. i got a couple of things working here. thanks for your help sk On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 13:46 +0100, Christopher Arndt wrote: > nephish schrieb: > > hey there gents, > > i am looking for a good place to start learning how to read a we

Re: [Tutor] python myspace module?

2005-10-25 Thread nephish
Hey there Ed, if you pull this off, let us know. i have wanted to do this very thing, but just don't have the time. sk On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 14:24 -0700, Danny Yoo wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Ed Hotchkiss wrote: > > > looking to write a myspace wrapper/module. what is the b

[Tutor] question about try & except

2005-10-26 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am writing some (for me) pretty complicated stuff for work that really needs to work. i have looked at exception handling in the Learning Python book. and i am using some try / except statements. the problem is, that even though my script does not crash, i don

Re: [Tutor] question about try & except

2005-10-26 Thread nephish
gt; > Hope it helps. It took me originally a long time to know this trick, as > it's kinda buried in the docs. > > Hugo > > > nephish wrote: > > Hey there, > > i am writing some (for me) pretty complicated stuff for work that > > really needs t

Re: [Tutor] question about try & except

2005-10-26 Thread nephish
Yeah, cool. i am just starting this part. i am glad i started with python. thanks for the help sk On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 21:32 -0700, w chun wrote: > > i am writing some (for me) pretty complicated stuff for work that > > really needs to work. > > i have looked at exception handlin

[Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am developing on a linux computer with the serial module. Now, i already am able to recieve info from a serial RS232 device and process everything ok. What i need to do now is write to the serial device, but i also need to be able to not interrupt the script that is reading fro

Re: [Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
script. not sure i really get what select() is all about great link by the way, thanks. shawn On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 12:35 -0600, Hugo González Monteverde wrote: > Hi Nephish, > > Are you using pyserial or rolling your own? Normally you can write and > read to the /dev/ttySXX file at t

Re: [Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
rt and another one to handle the writes. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo González > Monteverde > Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2005 7:36 a.m. > To: nephish > Cc: tutor > Subject: Re: [Tutor] question abo

Re: [Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
adline() from the ser port > Release lock > > And in the sender thread, > > Acquire lock > send msg over ser port > Release lock > > Cheers > Hans > > -Original Message- > From: nephish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 No

Re: [Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
b/lock-objects.html > > Cheers > Hans > > > -Original Message- > From: nephish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:23 a.m. > To: Hans Dushanthakumar > Cc: Hugo González Monteverde; tutor > Subject: RE: [Tutor] question about seria

Re: [Tutor] question about serial coms

2005-11-14 Thread nephish
time.sleep(1) > data_in = ser.read(100) > print "Response: " + data_in > time.sleep(.2) > > > print "Closing Serial Port\n" > ser.close() > > > > -Joe > > > --- nephish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &g

[Tutor] question about ord

2005-11-15 Thread nephish
Hey there, i am using a script to change a byte into an integer like this: a = the byte value = ord(a) but i cant find the operation that can change it back to a byte. i am sure its easy, but i am missing how to do it. thanks for any tips sk _

Re: [Tutor] question about ord

2005-11-15 Thread nephish
gt; theByteReloaded = struct.pack("i",value) > > You nmay want to check the docs for the struct module at python.org on that > pattern. > > > Liam Clarke-Hutchinson > > > -Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beha

[Tutor] whats the best command to end a program

2005-12-06 Thread nephish
Hey there, what would be the best command to end a program with. i have an app that i want to start every day at 6am from cron but i want it to shutdown at 4pm i was going to check by time on every loop if int(time.strftime(%H)) > 4: some en

Re: [Tutor] whats the best command to end a program

2005-12-06 Thread nephish
right, greater > 16 was what i ment. he he it is not a gui. is raise SystemExit built in ? thanks gents sk On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 21:49 +, Alan Gauld wrote: > > what would be the best command to end a program with. > > If its Tkinter (or another GuI) there will be a quit command > somewhe

[Tutor] dont understand this error MySQLdb

2005-12-14 Thread nephish
hey there, i am using the MySQLdb module and i keep getting this error, it doesnt offer much in the way of explanation _mysql_exceptions.InterfaceError: (0, '') does anyone know what this means ? thanks ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://m

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread nephish
Learning Python by O'Reilly, got me started after realizing that Programming Python by O'Reilly was a tad over me head. i am new here too. On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 14:46 -0600, Richard wrote: > Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas > this year. So what would you recom

Re: [Tutor] How to call mysqlcommand in Python , "mysqldump for backup "

2005-12-27 Thread nephish
ooh ooh, i know this one, i have python do this for me every day ! target_dir = '/path/to/where/you/want/to/dump' os.system("mysqldump --add-drop-table -c -u user -ppassword database table > "+target_dir+"/table.bak.sql") dont forget the p in front of your password ! hope this helps On Tue, 2

Re: [Tutor] How to call mysqlcommand in Python , "mysqldump for backup "

2005-12-28 Thread nephish
Glad to help, glad you got it working too.! shawn On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 09:03 +, John Joseph wrote: > --- nephish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ooh ooh, i know this one, i have python do this for > > me every day ! > > > > target_di

[Tutor] quick question about threads

2006-01-17 Thread nephish
Hey there, i have a program written in python that uses four threads that run all at the same time. Now i want to add a new thread with the same basic structure (threading.thread) that will run only when needed. This one will not run in a loop, it will just run once and quit. So, i may need this to

Re: [Tutor] quick question about threads

2006-01-17 Thread nephish
all i needed to know, thanks very much shawn On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:53 -0500, Kent Johnson wrote: > nephish wrote: > > Hey there, i have a program written in python that uses four threads > > that run all at the same time. Now i want to add a new thread with the > >

[Tutor] question about ascii and bytes

2006-02-06 Thread nephish
ok, so i have sparce documentation from a server that i need to make a socket connection with. the server wants to get info a certain way. Each message has to start with an ascii "STX" (literally the three letters, not the standart ascii 'STX') then it has to have another four bytes that give the

[Tutor] stuck again - socket connection

2006-02-07 Thread nephish
ok, i am stuck again. from the docs, the byte stream is supposed to look like this: 'S' 'T' 'X' [length indicator] [message type] [message] 'E' 'N' 'X' the length indicator it says is a four byte integer number of a value N ( N would be how long the message body is ) the message ty

Re: [Tutor] stuck again - socket connection

2006-02-07 Thread nephish
w do i make 200 occupy 4 bytes ? > > > Hi Nephish, > > Have you had a chance to look at the 'struct' module yet? > > http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-struct.html > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

[Tutor] nutshell review

2006-02-09 Thread nephish
lo there, i know this comes up from time to time. i am considering buying 'python in a nutshell'. All the reviews i have read for it are very good. But it only covers up to python 2.2. i use 2.3 at work, and tinker with 2.4 at home. As good a reference as it is, is it too dated to be that good sti

Re: [Tutor] nutshell review

2006-02-09 Thread nephish
thanks man, ill check out cookbook & see what its all about, too. sk On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 22:22 -0400, Andre Roberge wrote: > On 2/9/06, nephish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > lo there, > > i know this comes up from time to time. i am considering buying 'pyth

Re: [Tutor] nutshell review

2006-02-09 Thread nephish
Sounds like its worth the wait. thanks all. shawn On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 19:02 -0800, Terry Carroll wrote: > On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, nephish wrote: > > > i know this comes up from time to time. i am considering buying 'python > > in a nutshell'. All the reviews i ha

Re: [Tutor] nutshell review

2006-02-10 Thread nephish
yeah, one of the guys that posted earlier mentioned late feb as a release of the new one. i think i am going to go ahead and get the cookbook now, and then pick up the new nutshell later. sk On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 09:56 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Isn't there supposed to be a new edition of t