Sqlite and Python — return a dictionary using fetchone()?

Question

I\'m using sqlite3 in python 2.5. I\'ve created a table that looks like this:

   create table votes (
      bill text,
      senator_id text,
      vote text)
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Answer 1

There is actually an option for this in sqlite3. Change the row_factory member of the connection object to sqlite3.Row:

conn = sqlite3.connect('db', row_factory=sqlite3.Row)

or

conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row

This will allow you to access row elements by name--dictionary-style--or by index. This is much more efficient than creating your own work-around.