+-------[ Lee ]---------------------- | Hi, | | I'm using a python method to query my database as follows, where I need | to use the result set to generate some HTML. I'm interested in result[0] | and result[1] as listed below; | | * 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}] | | * return result[1] (or just 'return result') gives me: | [(1, 16, 9, 1)] | | What kind of data structure is this? First impressions suggest that it's | a tuple but why the extra brackets?. I need to access each element but | how do I do this? I've tried all sort of tuple/list | conversions/operations and have had no success. | | If the result is [(1, 16, 9, 1)] how can I assign... | | a=1st element i.e. 1 | b=2nd element i.e 16..? | Ok try this... you're getting a ResultSet back, here's some code to iterate over them. These are little gems I've gleaned from various places, so I take no credit (or responsibility) for this code :-) add these to your .py file ------------------------------------------------------------------------ from string import upper, lower import Missing mt=type(Missing.Value) def typeconv(val): if type(val)==mt: return '' return val def sqlattr(ob, attr): name=attr if hasattr(ob, attr): return typeconv(getattr(ob, attr)) attr=upper(attr) if hasattr(ob, attr): return typeconv(getattr(ob, attr)) attr=lower(attr) if hasattr(ob, attr): return typeconv(getattr(ob, attr)) raise NameError, name ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then as an example of how it works; in the same .py file. def parseResultSet(self): userList={} myResults=self.sqlGetAllCustomers() for cust in myResults: customername=sqlattr(cust,'customername') username=sqlattr(cust,'username') userList[username]=customername return userList myResults represents any result set... so it should 'just work', YMMV -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|