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py3interm/EXAMPLES/db_sqlite_emulate_dict_cursor.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sqlite3
+
+s3conn = sqlite3.connect("../DATA/presidents.db")
+
+c = s3conn.cursor()
+
+
+def row_as_dict(cursor):
+    '''Generate rows as dictionaries'''
+    column_names = [desc[0] for desc in cursor.description]
+    for cursor_row in cursor.fetchall():
+        row_dict = dict(zip(column_names, cursor_row))
+        yield row_dict
+
+
+# select first name, last name from all presidents
+num_recs = c.execute('''
+    select lastname, firstname
+    from presidents
+''')
+
+for row in row_as_dict(c):
+    print(row['firstname'], row['lastname'])