assigning variables from list data

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1627.1281018398.1673.python-list at python.org>,
Chris Hare  <chare at labr.net> wrote:
>
>cursor.execute('select * from net where NetNumber > 0')

Unless your table is guaranteed to never change layout, I suggest that
instead listing fields is a Good Idea:

cursor.execute('select netNumber, netType, .... from net where NetNumber > 0')

Then the tuple unpack suggested by other posters will never fail.
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