Get a list of field values from Python's sqlite3, not tuples representing rows

Question

It\'s annoying how Python\'s sqlite3 module always returns a list of tuples! When I am querying a single column, I would prefer to get a plain list.

e.g. when I exec

Answer 1

You don't really want to do this - anything you do along the lines of using zip or a list comprehension is just eating CPU cycles and sucking memory without adding significant value. You are far better served just dealing with the tuples.

As for why it returns tuples, it's because that is what the Python DBD API 2.0 requires from fetchall.