INSERT with SELECT (1 reply)

Hi,

I run a python program which takes a flat log file as input to load it into a database in order for administrators to monitor their application.

I have five tables : server table with two columns (id and name), status table with two columns, directive table with two columns, rule table with two columns and finally a server_status_directive_rule table with five columns (id_server, id_status, id_directive, id_rule, date).

I can easily insert into the first four tables.
My problem is with trying to insert a variable into the fifth table.
The code is :
<code>
query = """INSERT INTO serveur_etat_directive_regle (id_serveur, id_etat, id_directive, id_regle, date)
SELECT id_serveur, id_etat, id_directive, id_regle, %s FROM serveur, etat, directive, regle
WHERE nom_serveur = %s AND nom_etat = %s AND nom_directive = %s AND nom_regle = %s"""
cursor.execute(query, (serveur, etat, directive, regle, date,))
</code>

The problem is with the date column. If I remove it from my INSERT and subsequently in the SELECT and cursor.execute, the table is filled in properly.

The other thing to know is I have no error message returned although I do manage error messages. My python code runs with no messages and my table is still empty at the end.

The complete SQL code is below :
<code>
try:
# accès et mise à jour de la BDD
db = mdb.connect('localhost', 'root', '', 'rudder');
cursor = db.cursor()
query = """INSERT IGNORE INTO serveur (nom_serveur) VALUES (%s)"""
cursor.execute(query, (serveur,))
query = """INSERT IGNORE INTO etat (nom_etat) VALUES (%s)"""
cursor.execute(query, (etat,))
query = """INSERT IGNORE INTO directive (nom_directive) VALUES (%s)"""
cursor.execute(query, (directive,))
query = """INSERT IGNORE INTO regle (nom_regle) VALUES (%s)"""
cursor.execute(query, (regle,))
query = """INSERT INTO serveur_etat_directive_regle (id_serveur, id_etat, id_directive, id_regle, date)
SELECT id_serveur, id_etat, id_directive, id_regle, %s FROM serveur, etat, directive, regle
WHERE nom_serveur = %s AND nom_etat = %s AND nom_directive = %s AND nom_regle = %s"""
cursor.execute(query, (serveur, etat, directive, regle, date,))
except mdb.Error, e:
print "Error %d: %s" % (e.args[0],e.args[1])
sys.exit(1)
db.commit()
</code>

Any help would be much appreciated.

KR.