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DBI help (via Win32 Extensions)

Matthias matthias_w at my-deja.com
Tue May 2 11:30:01 EDT 2000 
Hy Benjamin :-)

I don't know too much about Access & SQL, but on date-time fields have
usually a format like
  "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS" or
  "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS.s"

s.. stands for fraction of seconds (ms)

HTH
Matthias


In article <rNHvjEdhm5Pp-pn2-dzBINcOCBoWi at d185d18f2.rochester.rr.com>,
  junkster at rochester.rr.com wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 3900 04:49:53, "S. Hoon Yoon" <cpu at bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > I think that's because you should use format #date# on update.
Unless, I did
> > not understand your problems.
> > That's really more of SQL and access convention rather than Python.
> > Pls look at the docs for Access and SQL.
> >
> > UPDATE [BT Dates] SET [BT Dates].[date] = #12/12/2000#;
> >
> > This is what I get if I use Query wizard and you should follow it.
> > Hope it helps,
>
> The real problem is that I can't find any documentation on the DBI
> module...
>
> The pound convention I found out about...
> Unfornately, I don't have my code with me... But...(From memory)
>
> sql_cmd = """
> 		INSERT INTO logfile (datetime, loglevel,, logdata)
> 		VALUES ('#12/15/2000#', 1, 'test')
> 	"""
> 	# I've tried 12/15/00, 09/09/99, 09/09/1999, and a few other
> 	# date variants....
>
> 	# And as far as I can tell the ODBC execute command
> 	# appends a semicolon?  Or at least everything works
> 	# without having me add one...
>
> If I attempt to execute that command, I get a SQL error from the ODBC
> driver.
>
> If I remove the datetime field and just submit using the loglevel,
> logdata
> it works fine... (But that sort of defeats the purpose of a log
> file....)
>
> The datetime field is setup in Access as a standard "Date/Time"
> field, so I figure I might need to convert the datetime field into a
> dbiDate
> record, but as I mentioned I can't find any instructions on the fields
> &
> methods for the dbiDate field(s).... (I checked the Win 32
> documentation
> without any luck).
>
> 		- Benjamin
>


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