Re: DAO and Access97 WHERE clause fails

On Jun 9, 10:17 am, "v.davis2" <v.dav...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,

I am attempting to use Access97 as the database to hold the results of a
python script. I seem to be able to make simple SELECT clauses work (like
SELECT * FROM TableName), but have not been able to figure out how to add a
WHERE clause to that (e.g., SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE myFieldName = 34)
This fails complaining that the wrong number of parameters are present.
I haved tried DAO36 and I have tried the ADO version with the same results.
Therefore I have to conclude it is my screwup!
Help in the forum or via email would sure be appreciated! (v.dav...@xxxxxxx)

Here is the skeleton code:

import win32com.client
daoEngine = win32com.client.Dispatch('DAO.DBEngine.35')
sDBname = 'vpyAnalyzeDirectorySize.mdb'
sDB = 'c:\\documents and settings\\vic\\my
documents\\tools\\python25\\_myscripts\\'+sDBname
daoDB = daoEngine.OpenDatabase(sDB)

sSQL1 = 'SELECT * FROM T_Index2DirName'
daoRS = daoDB.OpenRecordset(sSQL1) # this works FINE and I can play
with the record set

#<snip>

hsDB = hash(sDB)
sSQL3 = 'SELECT * FROM T_Index2DirName WHERE iIndex = hsDB' # names are
all correct in mdb file

Disclaimer: I've never used DAO.

That SQL statement appears to be incorrect/meaningless.
Don't you need something like
sSQL3 = 'SELECT * FROM T_Index2DirName WHERE iIndex = %d' % hsDB
?

You may need to read this (changing Office10 to whatever you have):
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared
\Office10\1033\DAO360.CHM


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