pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/pygresql.sgml rc/int ...

CVSROOT: /cvsroot
Module name: pgsql-server
Changes by: momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org 02/12/12 17:49:27

Modified files:
doc/src/sgml : pygresql.sgml
src/interfaces/python: pg.py

Log message:
> There is an ugly little problem with the DB wrapper class.
>
> In pg.py the attributes of DB are defined as being the same as
> the attributes of the corresponding pgobject "db", using the following

...

> The problem is that the attributes of db (which are read only)
> are not static (they are actually function calls to PostgreSQL),
> especially "status" and "error", but those attributes are copied
> and this is done only once when initializing the DB object.
>
> So, in effect, only the attribute "db.error" of a DB instance
> will be updated, but not the attribute "error". Same with "status".

> Don't copy the (read only) attributes of the pgobject to the
> DB object, but only the methods, and all of them, like this:
>
> --------------- change in pg.py ------------------
> # Create convience methods, in a way that is still overridable.
> for e in self.db.__methods__:
> setattr(self, e, getattr(self.db, e))
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Furthermore, make an addition to the documentation of the
> DB wrapper class (i.e. in pygresql-pg-db.html):
> After the sentence "All pgobject methods are included in this class also."
> add the following sentence "The pgobject read-only attributes can be
> accessed py adding the prefix 'db.' to them."

Christoph Zwerschke