Python provides robust exception handing baked right into the language. Exception handing is something every programmer will need to learn. It allows the programmer to continue their program or gracefully terminate the application after an exception has occurred. Python uses a try/except/finally convention. We’ll spend some time learning about standard exceptions, how to create a […]
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I have read about web2py on several occasions, but never used it myself. Then a few weeks ago, a representative from Packt Publishing contacted me about reviewing their new cookbook about web2py. It’s written by seven authors, namely: Richard Gordon, Pablo Martin Mulone, Mariano Reingart, Bruno Cezar Rocha, Massimo Di Pierro, Michele Comitini and Jonathan
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I have been working on a software inventory script lately using SqlAlchemy on Windows XP to connect to a newly created table in a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. I created the table using Aqua Data Studio, logging in as the SQL Administrator (sa) and thought all was well until I tried to commit some
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The other day, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that I follow about accessing the Windows Event Logs. I thought that was an interesting topic, so I went looking for examples and found a pretty nice example on ActiveState. In this article, you’ll find out what I discovered.
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I thought it would be a good idea to write a sample application in wxPython to show how to put all the pieces together and make something useful. At my day job, I created a little program to send emails because we had a lot of users that missed the mailto functionality that we lost
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My name is Mike Driscoll. (@driscollis) I am a computer programmer by trade and use Python almost exclusively to make my living. . You can support this site by purchasing one of my books: Python 101 (Print or eBook) Python 201: Intermediate Python (Print or eBook) wxPython Recipes (Print or eBook) Python Interviews (Print or