Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'syntax': 0.03; 'skip:a 60': 0.05; 'sys': 0.05; '"__main__":': 0.07; '__name__': 0.07; 'extracted': 0.07; 'main()': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'cursor': 0.09; 'follows.': 0.09; 'interval,': 0.09; 'python:': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'def': 0.10; '%s,': 0.16; "'localhost',": 0.16; '(%s,': 0.16; 'char,': 0.16; 'main():': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'simplified': 0.16; 'syntaxerror:': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'element': 0.17; 'exists': 0.17; 'version.': 0.17; 'jan': 0.18; 'import': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'work.': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'host': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'values': 0.26; 'skip:# 10': 0.27; 'actual': 0.28; 'key,': 0.29; 'error': 0.30; 'primary': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'problem': 0.33; 'code:': 0.33; 'thanks': 0.34; 'table': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'subject:" ': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.39; 'skip:" 10': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'serial': 0.66; '(id': 0.84; '2013': 0.84; 'actually,': 0.84; 'saj': 0.84 Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:07:22 -0500 From: Mitya Sirenef User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121011 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: andydtaylor@gmail.com Subject: Re: Psycopg2 SyntaxError: invalid syntax on "INSERT INTO" database References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 49 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1357780055 news.xs4all.nl 6854 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52036 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:36539 On Wed 09 Jan 2013 07:19:10 PM EST, andydtaylor@gmail.com wrote: > Hi John, > > He're the code I would like to see work. The cursor_to is an oversight. I extracted this element from some other code in an attempt to isolate/resolve the problem myself, hence having a simplified table version. Which works actually, but unfortunately that's not educating me suffieciently. Actual error message I see follows. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Code: > > #!/usr/bin/python > import psycopg2 > import sys > > def main(): > db = psycopg2.connect( > host = 'localhost', > database = 'gisdb', > user = 'postgres', > password = '######' > ) > cursor = db.cursor() > cursor.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tubecross") > cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE tubecross (id serial PRIMARY KEY, station_code char, SAJ interval, SPB interval, SOQ interval);") > cursor.execute("INSERT INTO tubecross (station_code, SAJ, SPB, SOQ) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)",(SAJ, 00:00, 00:22, 00:27)) > db.commit() > > if __name__ == "__main__": > main() > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Error Message: > > andyt@andyt-ThinkPad-X61:~/projects/django-stringer/Other/TFLJPAPI$ python creat_db_exp.py > File "creat_db_exp.py", line 15 > cursor.execute("INSERT INTO tubecross (station_code, SAJ, SPB, SOQ) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)",(SAJ, 00:00, 00:22, 00:27)) > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > Thanks for your help 00:00 etc are not quoted? - mitya -- Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/