[Tutor] Get variable values

[Mário Gamito]

Hi,

I'm new to Python, so forgive me the lame question.

I have this code (following my signature) and i'm trying to get the 
value of "content" and insert it into a MySQL database.

I've been reading the docs in www.python.org, but i can't find a solution.

Can someone help me, please ?

Warm Regards,
Mário Gamito
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def get_date(self, key):
         """Get (or update) the date key.

         We check whether the date the entry claims to have been changed is
         since we last updated this feed and when we pulled the feed off the
         site.

         If it is then it's probably not bogus, and we'll sort accordingly.

         If it isn't then we bound it appropriately, this ensures that
         entries appear in posting sequence but don't overlap entries
         added in previous updates and don't creep into the next one.
         """

         for other_key in ("updated", "modified", "published", "issued", 
"created"):
             if self.has_key(other_key):
                 date = self.get_as_date(other_key)
                 break
         else:
             date = None

         if date is not None:
             if date > self._channel.updated:
                 date = self._channel.updated
#            elif date < self._channel.last_updated:
#                date = self._channel.updated
         elif self.has_key(key) and self.key_type(key) != self.NULL:
             return self.get_as_date(key)
         else:
             date = self._channel.updated

         self.set_as_date(key, date)
         return date

     def get_content(self, key):
         """Return the key containing the content."""
         for key in ("content", "tagline", "summary"):
             if self.has_key(key) and self.key_type(key) != self.NULL:
                 return self.get_as_string(key)
         db = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost", user="planet", 
passwd="secret", db="planet_geek")
         cursor = db.cursor()
         cursor.execute("INSERT INTO blog_posts (title) VALUES (key)")

         return ""