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Op 05-11-13 18:41, Steven D'Aprano schreef:
> On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:06:25 +0200, Nick the Gr33k wrote:
> 
>> ALL I WANT IT TO DO IS JUST
>>
>> 1. RETRIEVE 3 COLUMNS THAT CONSIST OF 3 LONG STRINGS 2. CONVERT LONG
>> STRINGS TO LISTS
>> 3. ADD SOME CURRENT VALUES TO THOSE LISTS 4. CONVERT FROM LISTS TO LONG
>> STRINGS SO I CAN STORE SUCCESSFULLY LIST PYTHON DATATYPE TO MYSQL SCALAR
>> STRING.
> 
> 
> You cannot do this with Python. You should use a better language more 
> suited to you. Try this:
> 
> http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php
> 
> 
> I hope that you will be much happier with this, since you are struggling 
> to get Python to work the way you want it to.

Steve, what went on in your mind? If Nikos follows you advise he will
probably come here with all kinds of php questions.

-- 
Antoon Pardon