[Zope] How do I create a cursor on a query in Zope

[Marten Quadland]

Sorry for the confusion,

I'm trying to open a cursor on a query say:

Open a cursor:
select NAME from table

Where I can read one name at a time and perform an action on that name.  For
example:

select blah, count(*) as table2Count from table2
where table2.name = NAME 
group by blah

select blah2, count(*) as table3Count from table3
where table3.name = NAME
group by blah2

select blah3, count(*) as table4Count from table3
where table3.name = NAME
group by blah3

Write a row(NAME, table2count, table3count, table4count)

CLOSE THE CURSOR


The end result would be something like:


NAME		Count of Visits	Count of Purchases	Count of Inquiries 
Joe			1234			4331
5965
Jane			3766			3534
35
Jeff			3457			6433
3653
Harry			5433			  88
2854
Tim			  56			2434
9865
.
.
.

The capitalized NAME is equal to the value of the first response from
Query1.


Let me know if that is still confusing . . .

Thanks again in advance,
Quad
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Simpson [mailto:evan@tokenexchange.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:34 PM
To: Marten Quadland
Subject: Re: [Zope] How do I create a cursor on a query in Zope


----- Original Message -----
From: Marten Quadland <mquadland@indigonetworks.com>
> I'm trying to build a report that counts multiple things and then places
> everything in one row.  I can't figure out a way to do this with out a
> cursor.
>
> Any suggestions?

Not unless you can be a little more specific about what you're trying to do
<wink>.

From the mention of a cursor, I infer that the multiple things are stored in
a SQL database.  My immediate reaction is to suggest "SELECT count(*) FROM
...", but then I'm not sure what you mean by "places everything in one row".

Please elaborate.