I want to output int instead of a string
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@JonB Alright, please below is my block of code
senior_staff_males = ''' SELECT staff_gender, staff_grade, COUNT(*) AS total FROM permanent_staff WHERE staff_gender = 'Male' AND staff_grade = 'Senior Officer' ''' Smales_sql = cur.execute(senior_staff_males).fetchall() self.ui.label_533.setText(str(Smales_sql [0][0])) print(str(Smales_sql [0][0]))@LT-K101
Just the sort of thing I thought. So you were quite wrong to say originallyMy sql statement returns an int value
. Now when I run this query in sql it works perfectly with an int value as output.
Both of these were not true for that query, were they? It is not helpful for you to have claimed what you do above.
Since the first column returned is
staff_gender,str(Smales_sql [0][0])will presumably returnmale(orfemale, but yourWHEREprevents that) , just as you show.I will leave it to you to think what you actually want from the result set.
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@LT-K101
Just the sort of thing I thought. So you were quite wrong to say originallyMy sql statement returns an int value
. Now when I run this query in sql it works perfectly with an int value as output.
Both of these were not true for that query, were they? It is not helpful for you to have claimed what you do above.
Since the first column returned is
staff_gender,str(Smales_sql [0][0])will presumably returnmale(orfemale, but yourWHEREprevents that) , just as you show.I will leave it to you to think what you actually want from the result set.
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@JonB This is really confusing because when i run the sql statement in sql it returns total value count which is true, so I was thinking I could convert that to a string in my qt script
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@LT-K101
But that is not what the statement (just) returns, is it?Please try to understand the minimal amount. You have
SELECT staff_gender, staff_grade, COUNT(*) AS total. How may columns does that return?@JonB said in I want to output int instead of a string:
SELECT staff_gender, staff_grade, COUNT(*) AS total
It returns three columns namely staff_gender,staff_grade, total respectively when i run in sql with thier values. I get string for the first two columns and an int for the third column but I only need the third value which is the total.
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@JonB said in I want to output int instead of a string:
SELECT staff_gender, staff_grade, COUNT(*) AS total
It returns three columns namely staff_gender,staff_grade, total respectively when i run in sql with thier values. I get string for the first two columns and an int for the third column but I only need the third value which is the total.
@LT-K101
Excellent, and correct. And which column contains the number you are interested in? Once you have answered that, how shouldSmales_sql [0][0]be that column? What should it be for the column you are interested in?You just edited to add:
I get string for the first two columns and an int for the third column but I only need the third value which is the total.
Again, excellent and true. So if you tell me "I only need the third value", what have you done/what should you do in your code to access that 3rd column?
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@LT-K101
Excellent, and correct. And which column contains the number you are interested in? Once you have answered that, how shouldSmales_sql [0][0]be that column? What should it be for the column you are interested in?You just edited to add:
I get string for the first two columns and an int for the third column but I only need the third value which is the total.
Again, excellent and true. So if you tell me "I only need the third value", what have you done/what should you do in your code to access that 3rd column?
@JonB said in I want to output int instead of a string:
Again, excellent and true. So if you tell me "I only need the third value", what have you done/what should you do in your code to access that 3rd column?
But teacher it's Friday and very late already - can't you do this for me?
And btw: I though this is a forum about Qt, not python
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@LT-K101
Excellent, and correct. And which column contains the number you are interested in? Once you have answered that, how shouldSmales_sql [0][0]be that column? What should it be for the column you are interested in?You just edited to add:
I get string for the first two columns and an int for the third column but I only need the third value which is the total.
Again, excellent and true. So if you tell me "I only need the third value", what have you done/what should you do in your code to access that 3rd column?
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@JonB said in I want to output int instead of a string:
Again, excellent and true. So if you tell me "I only need the third value", what have you done/what should you do in your code to access that 3rd column?
But teacher it's Friday and very late already - can't you do this for me?
And btw: I though this is a forum about Qt, not python
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@JonB Thanks a lot I really appreciate your guidance. i used
Smales_sql [0][2]and it worked.@LT-K101 said in I want to output int instead of a string:
i used Smales_sql [0][2]
That's much better :) You can see now why you needed to use that, and it's best that you came to that conclusion yourself because then you understand what is going on.
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@LT-K101 said in I want to output int instead of a string:
i used Smales_sql [0][2]
That's much better :) You can see now why you needed to use that, and it's best that you came to that conclusion yourself because then you understand what is going on.
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@Christian-Ehrlicher I'm really Sorry for disturbing the forum.
@LT-K101 said in I want to output int instead of a string:
Sorry for disturbing the forum.
That's not the point. The point is that people who ask should really try to understand what they're asking and doing instead getting every little step done by someone else.
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@JonB Thanks a lot I really appreciate your guidance. i used
Smales_sql [0][2]and it worked.@LT-K101 said in I want to output int instead of a string:
i used Smales_sql [0][2] and it worked.
How surprising :)
If you knew your int is in column 3, why do you wrote
[0][0]? This will always access the first result, which is always a string, when executing your query.Btw: There is a section on this website, dedicated to PyQt questions :)
