[python-win32] driving MS Access from python

[Phill Atwood]

> No, you don't need mxODBC, although I'm curious to know what led you 
> to believe that.  
http://phplens.com/lens/adodb/adodb-py-docs.htm#databases

I guess maybe this link was referring to PHP ...

Well, painfully I'm making some progress.  And I appreciate your help in 
this.  I think my previous problem was because I was doing

rs.Open(sqlstmt)

instead of:

rs.Open(sqlstmt, conn)

> To execute a generic SQL statement, you create an ADODB.Command object 
> and connect it to the Connection:
>
>     cmd = win32com.client.Dispatch("ADODB.Command")
>     cmd.ActiveConnection = conn
>     cmd.CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM committees;"
>     rs = cmd.Execute[0]
>
>
> Now rs is a recordset.

Now, I've got your above example working. Almost.  For me

rs = cmd.Execute[0]

failed with

TypeError: unsubscriptable object

However, trying this variation:

 (rs, result) = cmd.Execute()

did work.  Problem is when I then try

 data = rs.GetRows()

I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#59>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    data = rs.GetRows()
  File 
"C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\2A75196C-D9EB-4129-B803-931327F72D5Cx0x2x8.py", 
line 2333, in GetRows
    , Start, Fields)
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 
446, in _ApplyTypes_
    return self._get_good_object_(
com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'ADODB.Recordset', 
'Operation is not allowed when the object is closed.', 
'C:\\WINDOWS\\HELP\\ADO270.CHM', 1240653, -2146824584), None)



I feel so tantillizingly close...

Phill