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Python Using Databases in Python Gettin' CRUD-y With It View and Search Entries

Anthony Grodowski
Anthony Grodowski
4,902 Points

peewee.InterfaceError: Error binding parameter 0 - probably unsupported type.

To be honest I don't even know what that error means hah! Can someone find out why is it happening? I can't find any typos.

#!/usr/bin/env python3 
# chmod +x diary.py  

# that shabang line tells that its python3. It's equal to python3 diary.py. If I'm on windows, it isnt neccessary

from collections import OrderedDict
import datetime
import sys

from peewee import *

db = SqliteDatabase('diary.db')

class Entry(Model):
    # content
    content = TextField() # it allows us to put as much text as we want
    # timestamp
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default = datetime.datetime.now) # Default is seen by python as a funcion and it will call it whenever the entry is created and that way we get the time now. Otherwise it the time would be when we ran the script

    class Meta:
        database = db


def initialize():
    """Create the database and the table if they don't exist"""
    db.connect()
    db.create_tables([Entry], safe=True)

def menu_loop():
    """show menu"""
    choice = None

    while choice != 'q':
        print('Enter q to quit')
        for key, value in menu.items():
            print('{}) {}'.format(key, value.__doc__)) # __doc__ - a magic variable that holds the docstring of a function, method, or class
        choice = input('Action: ').lower().strip()

        if choice in menu:
            menu[choice]()

def add_entry():
    """add an entry"""
    print("Enter your entry. Press ctrl+d when finished.")
    # now we need to actualy capture their input
    data = sys.stdin.read().strip() # stdin is like a keyword, read brings in all the data and strip gets rid of any of the white space on either side
    # now we gotta make sure that we actually got smth from them
    # sys.stdin - a Python object that represents the standard input stream. In most cases, this will be the keyboard

    if data:
        if input('Save entry? [y/n] ').lower() != 'n':
            Entry.create(content=data)
            print("Saved succesfully!")



def view_entries():
    """view previous entries"""
    entries = Entry.select().order_by(Entry.timestamp.desc)

    for entry in entries:
        timestamp = entry.timestamp.strftime('%A %B %d, %Y %I:%M%p') # A weekday name, B month name, d number, Y year, I hour, M minute, p am or pm
        print(timestamp)
        print('='*len(timestamp))
        print(entry.content)
        print('n) next entry')
        print('q) return to main menu')

        next_action = input('Action: [nq] ').lower().strip()
        if next_action == 'q':
            break

def delete_entry(entry):
    """delete an entry"""

menu = OrderedDict([ # the only difference is that it remembers the order that the keys went in and they always come back in the same order
    ('a', add_entry),
    ('v', view_entries)
])    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    initialize()
    menu_loop()

Error:

a) add an entry                                                                            
v) view previous entries                                                                   
Action: v                                                                                  
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                         
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2780, in execute_sql       
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())                                                      
sqlite3.InterfaceError: Error binding parameter 0 - probably unsupported type.             

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: 

Traceback (most recent call last):                                                         
  File "diary.py", line 83, in <module>                                                    
    menu_loop()                                                                            
  File "diary.py", line 40, in menu_loop                                                   
    menu[choice]()                                                                         
  File "diary.py", line 61, in view_entries                                                
    for entry in entries:                                                                  
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2483, in __iter__          
    return iter(self.execute())                                                            
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2476, in execute           
    self._qr = ResultWrapper(model_class, self._execute(), query_meta)                     
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2172, in _execute          
    return self.database.execute_sql(sql, params, self.require_commit)        
return self.database.execute_sql(sql, params, self.require_commit)                     
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2788, in execute_sql       
    self.commit()                                                                          
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2657, in __exit__          
    reraise(new_type, new_type(*exc_value.args), traceback)                                
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 115, in reraise            
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)                                                         
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/peewee.py", line 2780, in execute_sql       
    cursor.execute(sql, params or ())                                                      
peewee.InterfaceError: Error binding parameter 0 - probably unsupported type. 

1 Answer

Anthony Grodowski
Anthony Grodowski
4,902 Points

Alright, i forgot parens in entries = Entry.select().order_by(Entry.timestamp.desc())