## Executing an SQL Statement and Reading the Result Set

In this example you use the methods sql and next of the sdb.sql module. You execute a SELECT statement that returns an object of the class SapDB_ResultSet (result set) and read the data records of this result set.

### Procedure

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1. Create a Python script sample.py with the following contents:

#

# Import Python modules

# -------------------------------------------

import sys

import sdb.sql

# Connect to the database instance

# -------------------------------------------

database_user = sys.argv [1]

database_user_password = sys.argv [2]

database_name = sys.argv [3]

session = sdb.sql.connect (database_user, database_user_password, database_name)

select = """

SELECT title, name, cno FROM hotel.customer

WHERE cno BETWEEN 3000 AND 8000"""

#

# Execute a SELECT statement

# Result: object of the class SAPDB_ResultSet

# -----------------------------------------------

cursor = session.sql (select)

#

# The next method reads the next data record

# in the result set.

# When the last row of the result set is reached,

# the next method returns the value 'None'.

# -----------------------------------------------

row = cursor.next ()

while row:

title, name, cno = row

print "%s %s %d" % (title, name, cno)

row = cursor.next ()

#

# Close connection to the database instance

# ---------------------------------------------

session.release ()

2. Call the Python script:

python sample.py MONA RED DEMODB

### Result

Mrs Porter 3000

Mr Brown 3100

Company Datasoft 3200

Mrs Brian 3300

Mrs Griffith 3400

Mr Randolph 3500

Mrs Smith 3600

Mr Jackson 3700

Mrs Doe 3800

Mr Howe 3900

Mr Miller 4000

Mrs Baker 4100

Mr Peters 4200

Company TOOLware 4300

Mr Jenkins 4400

See also:

Examples for the sdb.sql Module