[Tutor] Get variable values
Kent Johnson
kent37 at tds.net
Thu Feb 1 20:36:53 CET 2007
Mário Gamito wrote:
> 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 ?
I keep looking at this and your other posts and I just don't understand
what you are trying to do. What do you mean by "content"? Is this code
part of some class? It looks like it is from a class that subclasses
dict. Anyway more context both of code and of what you are trying to do
might be helpful.
Kent
>
> Warm Regards,
> Mário Gamito
> --
> 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 ""
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