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

The way I've done this in the past:

def dict_factory(cursor, row):
    d = {}
    for idx,col in enumerate(cursor.description):
        d[col[0]] = row[idx]
    return d

Then you set it up in your connection:

from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
conn = sqlite.connect(...)
conn.row_factory = dict_factory

This works under pysqlite-2.4.1 and python 2.5.4.