In [1]:
import csv

In [2]:
mesa = [
    {'first': 'joe', 'last': 'lutz', 'address': 'aqui'},
    {'first': 'mike', 'address': 'panera', 'last': 'duncan'},
    {'address': 'nashville', 'first': 'travis', 'last': 'cash'},
]

In [3]:
mesa


Out[3]:
[{'address': 'aqui', 'first': 'joe', 'last': 'lutz'},
 {'address': 'panera', 'first': 'mike', 'last': 'duncan'},
 {'address': 'nashville', 'first': 'travis', 'last': 'cash'}]

In [4]:
columns = ['last', 'first', 'address']

In [5]:
with open('eggs.csv', 'wb') as csvfile:
    writer = csv.DictWriter(
        csvfile, columns, restval='',
        extrasaction='raise', dialect='excel', delimiter='\t')
    for row in mesa:
        writer.writerow(row)

In [6]:
!ls -l eggs.csv


-rw-rw-r-- 1 doj doj 58 Oct  5 14:02 eggs.csv

Would like to have something like following to output the results of a query. Catherine probably knows the canonical example for such for an Oracle database.


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with open('eggs.csv', 'wb') as csvfile:
    writer = csv.DictWriter(
        csvfile, columns, restval='',
        extrasaction='raise', dialect='excel', delimiter='\t')
    query_results = do_query(FOO_QUERY_SQL)  # This is fakey stub.
    for row in query_results:
        writer.writerow(row)

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with open('eggs.csv', 'wb') as csvfile:
    writer = csv.DictWriter(
        csvfile, columns, restval='',
        extrasaction='raise', dialect='excel', delimiter='\t')
    for row in do_query(FOO_QUERY_SQL):  # This is a fakey stub.
        writer.writerow(row)

In [ ]:
import psycopg2