[DB-SIG] Re: cx_Oracle - passing unnecessary bind variables

[Anthony Tuininga]

On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 11:00, Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Anthony Tuininga wrote at 2003-11-24 08:22 -0700:
>  > ...
>  > Since cx_Oracle allows keyword arguments for executing SQL statements,
>  > this one has not proved to be a problem to me. This is something that I
>  > wish the DB API standard would "officially" endorse. Specifically, this
>  > is permitted in cx_Oracle:
>  > 
>  > cursor.execute(sql, var1=value1, var2=value2, var3=value3....)
>  > 
>  > which allows for the building of a dictionary quite easily. There are a
>  > few cases where it might be convenient to pass a prebuilt dictionary but
>  > they are few and far between -- unless you can give me some additional
>  > examples??
> 
> That is no longer an issue:
> 
>   When you have a dictionary "d" and you need keyword arguments,
>   you simply pass "**d", e.g.:
> 
>       cursor.execute(sql, **d)

Could you explain exactly what you mean? I believe the syntax you show
is invalid in the DB API. Specifically, you must call

cursor.execute(sql, d)

where d is a dictionary. Keyword arguments are not supported by the DB
API but they are with cx_Oracle. Or am I missing something here and you
are referring to something else?

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Anthony Tuininga
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