TypeError

Wed Jan 6 11:29:04 EST 2010

Victor Subervi wrote:
> Hi;
> I get this error:
> 
>  /var/www/html/angrynates.com/christians/cart/simplemail/mail.py 
> <http://angrynates.com/christians/cart/simplemail/mail.py>
>   153 </head>
>   154 <body>'''
>   155 commitSale()
>   156 myMail()
>   157 print '''
> commitSale = <function commitSale>
>  /var/www/html/angrynates.com/christians/cart/simplemail/mail.py 
> <http://angrynates.com/christians/cart/simplemail/mail.py> in commitSale()
>    98     cursor.execute('select max(ID) from %sCustomerData;' % store)
>    99     custID = cursor.fetchone()[0]
>   100   customerData(store, tmpTable, custID, patientID)
>   101
>   102 def myMail():
> global customerData = <function customerData>, global store = 
> 'products', tmpTable = 'tem12627568064', custID = 1, global patientID = 
> 'None'
>  /var/www/html/angrynates.com/christians/cart/customerData.py 
> <http://angrynates.com/christians/cart/customerData.py> in 
> customerData(store='products', tmpTable='tem12627568064', custID=1, 
> patientID='None')
>    39 <body>
>    40 """
>    41   print """
>    42   print '<h1 align="center">%s Customer Data</h1>' % 
> (store[0].upper() + store[1:])
>    43   cursor.execute('describe %sCustomerData' % store)
> store = 'products'
> 
> ValueError: unsupported format character '(' (0x28) at index 54
>       args = ("unsupported format character '(' (0x28) at index 54",)
> 
> Apparently that character is a "file separator", which I presume is an 
> invisible character. I tried retyping the area in question, but with no 
> avail (threw same error). Please advise. Complete code follows.
> 
Please provide the actual code (and, preferably, an easier-to-understand
traceback, like what CPython does!). What you supplied isn't runnable.