TypeError: 'list' object is not callable

[Shadow-Illusion]

I am trying to insert data from a text file into an SQL table. I'm getting this error:

"
csv_data = csv.reader(file('TxtFile1.txt', 'r'))
TypeError: 'list' object is not callable
"

import MySQLdb, csv, sys
conn = MySQLdb.connect (host = "localhost",user =
"a", passwd = "b",db = "c")
c = conn.cursor()
csv_data = csv.reader(file('TxtFile1.txt', 'r'))
for row in csv_data: print row
row = csv_data.next()
c.execute("INSERT INTO a (Category, Value) VALUES (%s, %s)", row)
#c.commit()
#c.close()

I just want to know why this error is occurring and how it can be remedied. Any help would be great, thanks.

[ov3rcl0ck]

Well it looks like you may be opening the file wrong, i don't know why is raising that error, you're not even using a list object. Try this:

import MySQLdb, csv, sys
conn = MySQLdb.connect (host = "localhost",user =
"a", passwd = "b",db = "c")
c = conn.cursor()
csv_data = csv.reader(file('TxtFile1.txt'))
for row in csv_data: print row
row = csv_data.next()
c.execute("INSERT INTO a (Category, Value) VALUES (%s, %s)", row)
#c.commit()
#c.close()

I believe this should work, if not post back and we can try something else.

[Shadow-Illusion]

csv_data = csv.reader(open('TxtFile1.txt'))

This seems to have fixed the problem.

However im trying to input the rows from the textfile into a SQL table. The 'insert' statement isnt actually doing anything, any ideas to fix it?

The output of the textfile came out like:

[jlm699]

You should uncomment your commit statement. You need to commit your transactions before they go through.

[Shadow-Illusion]

You should uncomment your commit statement. You need to commit your transactions before they go through.

Yeah I'm aware of that, I uncomment it and try and commit to the DB when the code isn't showing errors.
This is the current code:

import MySQLdb, csv, sys
db = MySQLdb.connect(user="a", passwd="b", db = "c")
c = db.cursor()
# This statement works fine #c.execute ("INSERT INTO popularity (Category, Value) VALUES ('alpha', 'beta')")
csv_data = csv.reader(open('TxtFile1.txt', 'r'))
for row in csv_data:
    print row
    c.execute("INSERT INTO a (Category, Value) VALUES (%s, %s)", row)

I think I need to replace '%s' with something, but I'm not sure on what exactly.

The print row command outputs:

I want 'test' to go into Category and 'one' to go into Value.

[jlm699]

The print row command outputs:

I want 'test' to go into Category and 'one' to go into Value.

In that case you'll want this:

c.execute("INSERT INTO a (Category, Value) VALUES (%s, %s)", tuple(row[0].split()))

Basically this takes the element [0], which represents that string 'test one', and then splits it (the default split delimiter is a space), so it turns it into . Finally, you just need to turn it into a tuple.

When doing string formatting, you need to have a tuple containing each argument for string formatting as an element. Here's an example of a string formatting requiring two arguments:

>>> print 'Hey %s totally %s check' % ('test', 'one')
Hey test totally one check
>>>

As you can see, I need two things to fill into the %s pieces. The two elements in the tuple satisfy this requirement.

Here's the transformation from "row" to the tuple required in broken down steps:

>>> row = ['test one']
>>> row[0]
'test one'
>>> row[0].split()
['test', 'one']
>>> tuple(row[0].split())
('test', 'one')
>>>

[Shadow-Illusion]

Thanks jlm, that worked perfectly - everything is great now.
I just needed the spliting code at the end.

Thanks again ~ solved.

[djmagba]

Hi i am trying to count column k in the csv file and increment it if the next values is the same as the first value
for example,

p(ki) k sum(k)
0.117909 106 1
0.067853 61 1
0.048943 44 1
0.047831 43 3
0.047831 43
0.047831 43
0.046719 42 2
0.046719 42

import csv


#choosing the csv file to be imported
reader = csv.reader(open("NoOfCounts1.csv","r"))

#this will print the second cloumn in the dataset

nobracket = []
NoOfCounts = []
total = 0 
for urls,NoOfCounts in reader:
    #This is getting rid of the commas behind the numbers
    if NoOfCounts[-1] == ')':
           s2 =  NoOfCounts[:-1]
           s3 = int(s2)
           nobracket.append(s3)
           NoOfCounts = NoOfCounts[:-1]
           total  +=int(NoOfCounts[1])

print 'The total is =' ,total # the result

sortedk = sorted(nobracket)

# A new list to store  ki(s)
kilist = []
sumk = 0
prevk = thisk
counts =[(thisk,1)]
for thisk in sortedk:
    count = counts[-1][1]
    sumk += 1
    counts = [-1] (thisk,count)
else:
        print 'sum of k:',counts[-1]
        counts.append((thisk,1))
        prevk = thisk
    
    
    
for ki in nobracket:
    pki = ki/float(total) #converts the total to a floating number
   print pki,ki
   kilist.sort()
   kilist.append(kilist)
   print( '%f \t %d' %  (pki,ki))


   print ('%i \t %i')%(k,sum)

this is the error i am getting at a moment

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python26\First Experiment\pk2.py", line 34, in <module>
counts = [-1](thisk,count)
TypeError: 'list' object is not callable
>>>