Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.080 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.84; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:query': 0.07; 'rows': 0.09; 'stored': 0.12; 'filename,': 0.16; 'select,': 0.16; 'subject:sqlite3': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'select': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'rid': 0.24; 'subject:problem': 0.24; 'post': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'to:2**1': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'there.': 0.32; 'figure': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'subject:with': 0.35; "can't": 0.35; 'operations': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'building': 0.35; 'similar': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'called': 0.40; 'course': 0.61; 'simple': 0.61; 'field': 0.63; 'regards.': 0.65; 'exceed': 0.68; 'user,': 0.69; 'subject:SQL': 0.84; 'do:': 0.91; 'to:addr:hotmail.com': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zfv78BUwGkwxeQEoxwHHSrxM/qiUbzPbpIctr9XT5gQ=; b=WJujQ0Hi6oNUuPh7MuJcb+nv80EV2F2AaMz8vMktwp1HNQR1W3O+nT8N66DQMDr5S/ lGDgsHZbkFpp2Zk5xafh0Wi+hF7RIPF+x2fdcJx2oX6SuaZYT4Nd33V08iWGNILKpjBu vdi0ErbxC6X7ybeaDFu9UQBb5ez9qUDNO7++bgrli+f7L4tQ47AUw4Yb0wxDRivkWbX3 2JlmV3OikrV/6QXDyxba029yjLYPFRYzAqKsdufFQaswmiPIiX7DejKjVuyMuIUMER5y /1ri+NfB73Kio7Gkyru+7/kxUuGKQKj3sKHd6lAL9BJx3DmhBpa1vJDgfLpwCDFlvWJZ AsLA== X-Received: by 10.224.41.10 with SMTP id m10mr7952834qae.34.1390445470275; Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:51:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:51:09 -0500 From: bob gailer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lgabiot , python-list@python.org Subject: Re: problem with sqlite3: cannot use < in a SQL query with (?) References: <52e07f45$0$3631$426a34cc@news.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <52e07f45$0$3631$426a34cc@news.free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1390445477 news.xs4all.nl 2833 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33617 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:64559 On 1/22/2014 9:32 PM, lgabiot wrote: > Hello, > > I'm building an application using a simple sqlite3 database. > At some point, I need to select rows (more precisely some fields in > rows) that have the following property: their field max_level (an INT), > should not exceed a value stored in a variable called threshold, where > an int is stored (value 20000). > (threshold needs to be set by the user, so I cannot hard code a value > there). > > My database already exist on my drive (and of course the sqlite3 > module is imported) > > I do the following: > > >>>conn = sqlite3.connect(mydb) # open the database > that's OK > > >>>cursor = conn.execute("SELECT filename, filepath FROM files WHERE > max_level<(?)", threshold) > that doesn't work (throw an exception) PLEASE POST THE TRACEBACK! Also get rid of the() around the ?. > > if I do: > >>>cursor = conn.execute("SELECT filename, filepath FROM files WHERE > max_level<20000)") > it works... > > I did similar operations on UPDATE instead of SELECT, and it works there. > Maybe my mind is fried right now, but I can't figure out the solution... > > best regards.