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The :mod:`psycopg2` module content
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.. sectionauthor:: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
.. module:: psycopg2
The module interface respects the standard defined in the |DBAPI 2.0|.
.. index::
single: Connection string
double: Connection; Parameters
single: Username; Connection
single: Password; Connection
single: Host; Connection
single: Port; Connection
single: DSN (Database Source Name)
.. function:: connect(dsn or params[, connection_factory])
Create a new database session and return a new :class:`connection` object.
You can specify the connection parameters either as a string::
conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=test user=postgres password=secret")
or using a set of keyword arguments::
conn = psycopg2.connect(database="test", user="postgres", password="secret")
The full list of available parameters is:
- ``dbname`` the database name (only in dsn string)
- ``database`` the database name (only as keyword argument)
- ``user`` user name used to authenticate
- ``password`` password used to authenticate
- ``host`` database host address (defaults to UNIX socket if not provided)
- ``port`` connection port number (defaults to 5432 if not provided)
- ``sslmode`` `SSL TCP/IP negotiation`__ mode
.. __: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/libpq-ssl.html#LIBPQ-SSL-SSLMODE-STATEMENTS
Using the :obj:`connection_factory` parameter a different class or
connections factory can be specified. It should be a callable object
taking a :obj:`dsn` argument. See :ref:`subclassing-connection` for
details.
.. data:: apilevel
String constant stating the supported DB API level. For :mod:`psycopg2` is
``2.0``.
.. data:: threadsafety
Integer constant stating the level of thread safety the interface
supports. For :mod:`psycopg2` is ``2``, i.e. threads can share the module
and the connection. See :ref:`thread-safety` for details.
.. data:: paramstyle
String constant stating the type of parameter marker formatting expected
by the interface. For :mod:`psycopg2` is ``pyformat``. See also
:ref:`query-parameters`.
.. index:: Exceptions
Exceptions
----------
In compliance with the |DBAPI 2.0|, the module makes informations about errors
available through the following exceptions:
.. todo::
There are actually a couple of extra extensions defined in _psycopg and
imported in the connection, but not in this module: shouldn't be there
them too?
.. exception:: Warning
Exception raised for important warnings like data truncations while
inserting, etc. It is a subclass of the Python |StandardError|_ (defined in
the module exceptions).
.. exception:: Error
Exception that is the base class of all other error exceptions. You can
use this to catch all errors with one single ``except`` statement. Warnings
are not considered errors and thus should not use this class as base. It
is a subclass of the Python |StandardError|_ (defined in the module
exceptions).
.. exception:: InterfaceError
Exception raised for errors that are related to the database interface
rather than the database itself. It is a subclass of :exc:`Error`.
.. exception:: DatabaseError
Exception raised for errors that are related to the database. It is a
subclass of :exc:`Error`.
.. exception:: DataError
Exception raised for errors that are due to problems with the processed
data like division by zero, numeric value out of range, etc. It is a
subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
.. exception:: OperationalError
Exception raised for errors that are related to the database's operation
and not necessarily under the control of the programmer, e.g. an
unexpected disconnect occurs, the data source name is not found, a
transaction could not be processed, a memory allocation error occurred
during processing, etc. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
.. exception:: IntegrityError
Exception raised when the relational integrity of the database is
affected, e.g. a foreign key check fails. It is a subclass of
:exc:`DatabaseError`.
.. exception:: InternalError
Exception raised when the database encounters an internal error, e.g. the
cursor is not valid anymore, the transaction is out of sync, etc. It is a
subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
.. exception:: ProgrammingError
Exception raised for programming errors, e.g. table not found or already
exists, syntax error in the SQL statement, wrong number of parameters
specified, etc. It is a subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
.. exception:: NotSupportedError
Exception raised in case a method or database API was used which is not
supported by the database, e.g. requesting a .rollback() on a connection
that does not support transaction or has transactions turned off. It is a
subclass of :exc:`DatabaseError`.
This is the exception inheritance layout:
- |StandardError|_
- :exc:`Warning`
- :exc:`Error`
- :exc:`InterfaceError`
- :exc:`DatabaseError`
- :exc:`DataError`
- :exc:`OperationalError`
- :exc:`IntegrityError`
- :exc:`InternalError`
- :exc:`ProgrammingError`
- :exc:`NotSupportedError`
.. |StandardError| replace:: ``StandardError``
.. _StandardError: http://docs.python.org/library/exceptions.html#exceptions.StandardError
.. _type-objects-and-constructors:
Type Objects and Constructors
-----------------------------
.. note:: This section is mostly copied verbatim from the |DBAPI 2.0|_
specification. While these objects are exposed in compliance to the
DBAPI, Psycopg offers very accurate tools to convert data between Python
and PostgreSQL formats. See :ref:`adapting-new-types` and
:ref:`type-casting-from-sql-to-python`
Many databases need to have the input in a particular format for
binding to an operation's input parameters. For example, if an
input is destined for a DATE column, then it must be bound to the
database in a particular string format. Similar problems exist
for "Row ID" columns or large binary items (e.g. blobs or RAW
columns). This presents problems for Python since the parameters
to the .execute*() method are untyped. When the database module
sees a Python string object, it doesn't know if it should be bound
as a simple CHAR column, as a raw BINARY item, or as a DATE.
To overcome this problem, a module must provide the constructors
defined below to create objects that can hold special values.
When passed to the cursor methods, the module can then detect the
proper type of the input parameter and bind it accordingly.
A Cursor Object's description attribute returns information about
each of the result columns of a query. The type_code must compare
equal to one of Type Objects defined below. Type Objects may be
equal to more than one type code (e.g. DATETIME could be equal to
the type codes for date, time and timestamp columns; see the
Implementation Hints below for details).
The module exports the following constructors and singletons:
.. function:: Date(year,month,day)
This function constructs an object holding a date value.
.. function:: Time(hour,minute,second)
This function constructs an object holding a time value.
.. function:: Timestamp(year,month,day,hour,minute,second)
This function constructs an object holding a time stamp value.
.. function:: DateFromTicks(ticks)
This function constructs an object holding a date value from the given
ticks value (number of seconds since the epoch; see the documentation of
the standard Python time module for details).
.. function:: TimeFromTicks(ticks)
This function constructs an object holding a time value from the given
ticks value (number of seconds since the epoch; see the documentation of
the standard Python time module for details).
.. function:: TimestampFromTicks(ticks)
This function constructs an object holding a time stamp value from the
given ticks value (number of seconds since the epoch; see the
documentation of the standard Python time module for details).
.. function:: Binary(string)
This function constructs an object capable of holding a binary (long)
string value.
.. data:: STRING
This type object is used to describe columns in a database that are
string-based (e.g. CHAR).
.. data:: BINARY
This type object is used to describe (long) binary columns in a database
(e.g. LONG, RAW, BLOBs).
.. data:: NUMBER
This type object is used to describe numeric columns in a database.
.. data:: DATETIME
This type object is used to describe date/time columns in a database.
.. data:: ROWID
This type object is used to describe the "Row ID" column in a database.