[Zope] Python formatting question

J Cameron Cooper zope-l at jcameroncooper.com
Thu Jul 21 12:41:50 EDT 2005


hpinson at indepthl.com wrote:

> In a Python script, how can I break up a SQL statement over more than 
> one line?  For example, to transform
>
> #generate the sql statement
> sql="DELETE FROM tblUsers WHERE user_name LIKE '%'"
>
> to:
>
> #generate the sql statement
> sql="DELETE FROM tblUsers        WHERE user_name LIKE '%'"
>
> ...does not work. Is there a way to break lines?
>
> Any example would be appreciated.


Python allows you to you triple-quotes to include line breaks in the
string::

  sql="""DELETE FROM tblUsers
         WHERE user_name LIKE '%'"""

Take a look at the python.org tutorial or diveintopython.org.

         --jcc




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