Importing database: newbie issue

[wes weston]

Angelo,
    If doing this on an ongoing basis, you might
look at using shelve.

from "Python Essential Reference", pg 81

import shelve

object       = someObject()
dbase        = shelve.open(filename) #open a database
dbase['key'] = object                #save object to db
...
object       = dbase['key']          #retrieve object
dbase.close()



Angelo Secchi wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a database with a fixed format structure (i.e. i know the
> starting point and the length of each of the field composing the
> database) and I would like to extract from it only few fields (ex the
> one starting from the 32nd position with length 12...).
> What is the best way to do that?
> 
> Thanks
> a
>