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SQL INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE Queries With PyODBC

import pyodbc
cnxn_str = ("Driver={ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server};"
"Server=#.#.#.#;"
"Database=DataBase;"
"PORT=1433;"
"UID=xxx;"
"PWD=xxx;")
cnxn = pyodbc.connect(cnxn_str)
//connect to sql database using connection string
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
sn_query ="SELECT **"
cursor.execute(sn_query)
//execute the select query
for row in cursor:
num= row[0]
print(num)
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
//execute the insert query
insert_bool_query ="INSERT into Table(name) values("The name you wan to insert");
cursor.execute(insert_bool_query)
for row in cursor:
print(row)
So I want to know whether if I can execute Select query, insert query and update query using only cursor.execute. In addition, if yes, then how to extract the rows for each query?

Cannot INSERT strings with Set Clause with mariadb connector (python)

I want to insert a new row in my table by using the python-mariadb connector. For that I prefer to use the SET clause.
For some reason it does work if I only want to save ints (i.e y=2), but when I use a string, the following error occurs
Unknown column 'myString' in 'field list'
It seems it thinks the content of the string is a column name? Any idea how to fix that (I can do it with INSERT INTO ... VALUES ..., but I want to use the SET clause here). From my understanding, it should save both an int and a str without throwing an error
Thank you.
See the code example below
def myfunction():
x = 1
y ='myString'
db = connect_db()
cur = db.cursor()
sql = "INSERT INTO Table SET col1={}, col2={}"
cur.execute(sql.format(x, y))
db.commit()
db.close()
return
Here the MariaDB Connector, but this should be fine as it works for other db functions.
import mariadb
def connect_db():
db = mariadb.connect(
user="user",
password="123",
host="localhost",
port=3306,
database="DB"
)
db.autocommit = False
return db

you are not using right syntax for insert
sql = "INSERT INTO Table (col1,col2) values({}, {})"
but if you want to update an existing row:
sql = "UPDATE Table SET col1={}, col2={} WHERE id = {}"
and probably you need a where clause

The code in question produces the SQL statement:
INSERT INTO Table SET col1=1, col2=myString;
This is incorrect syntax, and strings must be in single-quotes:
INSERT INTO Table (col1, col2) VALUES (1, 'myString');
def myfunction():
x = 1
y ='myString'
db = connect_db()
cur = db.cursor()
sql = "INSERT INTO Table (col1, COL2) VALUES ({}, '{}')"
cur.execute(sql.format(x, y))
db.commit()
db.close()
return
But the above is fragile. Don't use string building methods to create SQL statements, it is much better to use parameter binding.
def myfunction():
x = 1
y ='myString'
db = connect_db()
cur = db.cursor()
sql = "INSERT INTO Table (col1, col2) VALUES (?, ?)"
cur.execute(sql, (x, y))
db.commit()
db.close()
return
The MariaDB connector documentation explains these things.
Retrieving Data
Once you have the initial code in place you can start working with the data. The first thing you should do is try to
retrieve information from the database. Here is code for a query
against the employees database:
cur.execute(
"SELECT first_name,last_name FROM employees WHERE first_name=?",
(some_name,))
MariaDB Connector/Python uses prepared statements, sanitizing and inserting the values from the tuple into the position
of the question marks (?). This is safer than inserting through
f-strings or format specifiers when working with user provided
information.
The query results are stored in a list in the cursor object. To view
the results, you can loop over the cursor.
Adding Data
Using the same execute() method with an INSERT statement, you can add rows to the table.
cursor.execute(
"INSERT INTO employees (first_name,last_name) VALUES (?, ?)",
(first_name, last_name))

sqlite3 insert not committing

When trying to insert rows into a table with a unique index, it appears to simply silently not insert.
I've captured the behaviour in the following program: on the second call to test_insert I should get an integrity violation on the unique key. But nothing. Also, if I take the c.execute(query, [id_to_test]) line and duplicate itself below it, I do receive the proper integrity constraint as expected. What's happening here?
import sqlite3
def test_insert(id_to_test):
conn = sqlite3.connect('test.db')
c = conn.cursor()
query = '''INSERT INTO test(unique_id)
VALUES(?)'''
c.execute(query, [id_to_test])
def setup_table():
conn = sqlite3.connect('test.db')
c = conn.cursor()
c.execute('''DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test''')
c.execute('''CREATE TABLE test (unique_id text)''')
c.execute('''CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_unique_id ON test (unique_id)''')
if __name__ == '__main__':
setup_table()
test_insert('test_id')
test_insert('test_id')
test_insert('test_id')

At the end of database operations, commit the changes to the database:
conn.commit()

is there a way to do a insert an request the scope_identity() using pyodbc to sql server 2005

I have this great pyodbc lib. I try the code below, it supposed to insert a row and return the row id but it didn't work. by the way I'm using sql server 2005 on server and client is windows os
...
con = pyodbc.connect('conectionString', autocommit = True)
cur = con.execute(
"insert into sometable values('something');
select scope_identity() as id"
)
for id in cur:
print id
...
some idea?

Try this, one statement with the OUTPUT clause
cur = con.execute(
"insert into sometable OUTPUT INSERTED.idcolumn values('something')"
)
row = cur.fetchone()
lastrowid = row[0]
Edit: This should get around the issue commented by Joe S.

Using SCOPE_IDENTITY() is the way to go as there are limitations and quirks using OUTPUT and ##IDENTITY because of triggers.
Using your code snipped, you just need to add a call to nextset to get the id.
...
con = pyodbc.connect('conectionString', autocommit = True)
cur = con.execute(
"insert into sometable values('something');
select scope_identity() as id"
)
cur.nextset()
for id in cur:
print id
...

How to check with python if a table is empty?

Using python and MySQLdb, how can I check if there are any records in a mysql table (innodb)?

Just select a single row. If you get nothing back, it's empty! (Example from the MySQLdb site)
import MySQLdb
db = MySQLdb.connect(passwd="moonpie", db="thangs")
results = db.query("""SELECT * from mytable limit 1""")
if not results:
print "This table is empty!"

Something like
import MySQLdb
db = MySQLdb.connect("host", "user", "password", "dbname")
cursor = db.cursor()
sql = """SELECT count(*) as tot FROM simpletable"""
cursor.execute(sql)
data = cursor.fetchone()
db.close()
print data
will print the number or records in the simpletable table.
You can then test if to see if it is bigger than zero.