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cx_Oracle: select query following an insert produces no result

in my python code I insert a value into a table.
In the table, there is a sequence which automatically assigns an ID.
After the insert, I want to get this it back in to my python application:
import cx_Oracle, sys
with cx_Oracle.connect(user=ORA_USER,password=ORA_PWD,dsn=ORA_DSN) as conn:
with conn.cursor() as cur:
cur.execute("Insert into my_table columns(data) values ('Hello')")
conn.commit()
with cx_Oracle.connect(user=ORA_USER,password=ORA_PWD,dsn=ORA_DSN) as conn:
with conn.cursor() as cur:
r = cur.execute("select id from my_table where data = 'Hello'")
print(r)
if r is None:
print("Cannot retrieve ID")
sys.exit()
Unfortunately, the result set r is always "None" even though the value has been inserted properly (checked via sqldeveloper).
What am I doing wrong?
I even open a new connection to be sure to grab the value...

After calling execute() for a SELECT statement you need to call fetchone(), fetchmany() or fetchall() as shown in the cx_Oracle documentation SQL Queries.
Or you can use an iterator:
with connection.cursor() as cursor:
try:
sql = """select systimestamp from dual"""
for r in cursor.execute(sql):
print(r)
sql = """select 123 from dual"""
(c_id,) = cursor.execute(sql).fetchone()
print(c_id)
except oracledb.Error as e:
error, = e.args
print(sql)
print('*'.rjust(error.offset+1, ' '))
print(error.message)
However to get an automatically generated ID returned without the overhead of an additional SELECT, you can change the INSERT statement to use a RETURNING INTO clause. There is an example in the cx_Oracle documentation DML RETURNING Bind Variables that shows an UPDATE. You can use similar syntax with INSERT.
With the table:
CREATE TABLE mytable
(myid NUMBER(11) GENERATED BY DEFAULT ON NULL AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1),
mydata VARCHAR2(20));
You can insert and get the generated key like:
myidvar = cursor.var(int)
sql = "INSERT INTO mytable (mydata) VALUES ('abc') RETURNING myid INTO :bv"
cursor.execute(sql, bv=myidvar)
i, = myidvar.getvalue()
print(i)
If you just want a unique identifier you get the ROWID of an inserted row without needing a bind variable. Simple access cursor.lastrowid after executing an INSERT.

sqlite3 view() prints with empty list?

I have testtable() function that works to create the table if necessary and list all the PDF file names in a column. However, when I execute my view() function, it prints an empty list. Am I missing something or just going about this in the wrong way?
import os, sys
import sqlite3
import csv
testdb = 'pdftestdir.db'
def testtable():
conn = sqlite3.connect(testdb)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test (name TEXT)')
path = os.listdir('/root/Desktop/PDF')
conn = sqlite3.connect(testdb)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute('SELECT * FROM test')
exists = cur.fetchall()
for name in path:
if name.endswith('.pdf'):
if not exists:
cur.execute('INSERT INTO test VALUES (?)', (name,))
else:
pass
conn.commit()
conn.close()
def view():
conn = sqlite3.connect(testdb)
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute('SELECT * FROM test')
cur.fetchall()
rows = cur.fetchall()
conn.close()
print(rows)

You unnecessarily call cur.fetchall() without storing the returning value to a variable, and the cursor has already reached the end of the rows returned with that call, so the second time you call cur.fetchall() it no longer has any more rows to return.
You can fix this by simply removing the redundant call.
Change:
cur.fetchall()
rows = cur.fetchall()
to:
rows = cur.fetchall()

Execute SQL for different where clause from Python

I am trying to print SQL result through python code, where I an trying to pass different predicates of the where clause from a for loop. But the code only taking the last value from the loop and giving the result.
In the below example I have two distinct id values 'aaa' and 'bbb'. There are 4 records for id value = 'aaa' and 2 records for the id value = 'bbb'.
But the below code only giving me the result for the id value ='bbb' not for id value 'aaa'
Can anyone help to identify what exactly wrong I am doing?
import pymysql
db = pymysql.connect(host="localhost", user="user1", passwd="pass1", db="db1")
cur = db.cursor()
in_lst=['aaa', 'bbb']
for i in in_lst:
Sql = "SELECT id, val, typ FROM test123 Where id='{inpt}'".format(inpt=i)
print(Sql)
cur.execute(Sql)
records = cur.fetchall()
print(records)
db.close()
The result I am getting as below
C:\Python34\python.exe C:/Users/Koushik/PycharmProjects/Test20161204/20170405.py
SELECT id, val, typ FROM test123 Where id='bbb'
(('bbb', 5, '1a'), ('bbb', 17, '1d'))
Process finished with exit code 0

import pymysql
db = pymysql.connect(host="localhost", user="root", passwd="1234", db="sakila")
cur = db.cursor()
in_lst=['1', '2']
for i in in_lst:
Sql = "SELECT * FROM actor Where actor_id='{inpt}'".format(inpt=i)
print(Sql)
cur.execute(Sql)
records = cur.fetchall()
print(records)
db.close()
Indentation is your problem, please update the code according to your needs...

Within your for loop, you're formatting the sql statement to replace "{inpt}" with "aaa". However, before you do anything with that value, you're immediately overwriting it with the "bbb" version.
You would need to either:
Store the results somehow before the next iteration of the loop, then process them outside of the loop.
Process the results within the loop.
Something like the following will give you a list containing both results from the fetchall() calls:
import pymysql
db = pymysql.connect(host="localhost", user="user1", passwd="pass1", db="db1")
cur = db.cursor()
in_lst=['aaa', 'bbb']
records = list()
for i in in_lst:
Sql = "SELECT id, val, typ FROM test123 Where id='{inpt}'".format(inpt=i)
print(Sql)
cur.execute(Sql)
records.append(cur.fetchall())
print(records)
db.close()

insert into a mysql database timestamp

I have a part in my python script that I need to insert some data into a table on a mysql database example below:
insert_data = "INSERT into test (test_date,test1,test2) values (%s,%s,%s)"
cur.execute(insert_data,(test_date,test1,test2))
db.commit()
db.close()
I have a couple of questions what is incorrect with this syntax and how is possible to change the VALUES to timestamp instead of %s for string? Note the column names in the database are the same as the data stored in the variables in my script.
THanks

try this:
import MySQLdb
import time
import datetime
ts = time.time()
timestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(ts).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
conn = MySQLdb.connect(host= "localhost",
user="root",
passwd="newpassword",
db="db1")
x = conn.cursor()
try:
x.execute("""INSERT into test (test_date,test1,test2) values(%s,%s,%s)""",(timestamp,test1,test2))
conn.commit()
except:
conn.rollback()
conn.close()

Timestamp creating can be done in one line, no need to use time.time(), just:
from datetime import datetime
timestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

Simply use the database NOW() function, e.g.
timestamp="NOW()"
insert_data = "INSERT into test (test_date,test1,test2) values (%s,%s,%s)"
cur.execute(insert_data,(test_date,test1,test2,timestamp))
db.commit()
db.close()

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.