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Python Using Databases in Python Meet Peewee Queries Are Your Friend

Gilang Ilhami
Gilang Ilhami
12,045 Points
Posted by Gilang Ilhami
Gilang Ilhami
12,045 Points

column username is not unique

i got an error, but it's not the same one as in the video

File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/peewee.py", line 115, in rera
ise                                                                                              
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)                                                               
  File "/usr/local/pyenv/versions/3.5.0/lib/python3.5/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2780, in exe
cute_sql                                                                                         
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())                                                            
peewee.IntegrityError: column username is not unique

students.py

from peewee import *

db = SqliteDatabase('students.db')

class Student(Model):
    username = CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)
    points = IntegerField(default=0)

    class Meta:
        database = db

students = [
    {'username': 'kennethlove',
     'points': 4888},
    {'username': 'chalkers',
     'points': 11912},
    {'username': 'joykesten2',
     'points': 7362},
    {'username': 'craigsdennis',
     'points': 4879},
    {'username': 'davemcfarland',
     'points': 14717}
]

def add_students():
    for student in students:
        Student.create(username=student['username'],
                      points=student['points'])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    db.connect()
    db.create_tables([Student], safe=True)
    add_students()

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Gilang,

At about 3:45 in the video, Kenneth goes into detail about why this error is occurring and how to correct it by using a try/except block.

The specific wording of the errors may not be exactly the same, but they certainly describe the same thing: an IntegrityError due to a 'username' not being unique.