Useful MySQL Routines

[Tino Wildenhain]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <mailman.4148.1240135989.11746.python-list at python.org>, Tino 
> Wildenhain wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> I've done a writeup on some of the basic routines I frequently use here
>>> <http://codecodex.com/wiki/index.php?title=Useful_MySQL_Routines>.
>> Why is that specific to mysql?
> 
> Because that's all I've used so far. Though sqlite looks interesting for 
> single-user stuff...

There are other more powerfull free alternatives to MySQL as well :)

>> Btw, the bulkinserter could be better done by using executemany
>> and select usefull batch sizes.
> 
> Hmm, I've never bothered with executemany. The code as written copes 
> comfortably with 10,000 records or so.

Would be interesting to see the difference. However executemany
would be much more portable - and as I see it transfers at least
a bit less data over the wire.

>> If you allow query construnction
>> better don't forget appropriate quoting of table- and column names
>> too to be on the safe side.
> 
> Hmm, I never worried about that, because I was I tried to be careful in the 
> names I chose. And I've never allowed object names to come from user input 
> :).

Not you, but if others use it, it might be that they don't see a problem
and then - oops :)


> Besides, how do you deal with characters that are still illegal when quoted 
> <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/identifiers.html>?

Don't know. I personally avoid dealing with mysql altogether (I mean, 
commands hidden in sql comments? Heaven! :)

Cheers
Tino