Hi there, I have a quick question that I need answered concerning the return types of SQL queries executed in Python methods. I am querying/updating a database using Python methods as follows: -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ # make a database connection string try: db_conn = self.MySQL_database_connection() except Exception: return "A connection to the database could not be made. <a href='./'> Recover</a>." try: SQL = "some SELECT query" result=db_conn.query(SQL) except Exception: return "The class could not be created.<a href='./'> Recover</a>." -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ When this is executed and I "return result[1]" it outputs the data in a format like: [(1, 16, 9, 1)] * return result[0] gives me: [{'name': 'PRACTICALS', 'type': 's', 'null': None, 'width': None}, {'name': 'TUTORIALS', 'type': 's', 'null': None, 'width': None}, {'name': 'ASSIGNMENTS', 'type': 's', 'null': None, 'width': None}, {'name': 'BONUS', 'type': 's', 'null': None, 'width': None}] - the exact details aren't neccessary here I think. At first I had problems trying to use this data i.e. parse it an store it in an array, list, etc. but I overcome that by by first converting "result" to a string using `result[1]`. I was just wondering how to classify the original return type? It is *not* a list, tuple, array or combination of either so what is it? I'm writing a report on my project you see and I can't say that my method returns an *cough* *cough* value ;-) Thanks very much in advance if you can help. Cheers, Lee