AttributeError 'DictCursor' object has no attribute 'update'

Question

I'm trying to import some csv files to a table on a MySQL database. The csv files are updated daily and my intention is to use this program in python to automate the process. The idea is: if the information already exists, I want to update. If the information doesn't exist, I want to insert the data.

But I'm having this Error:

AttributeError 'DictCursor' object has no attribute 'update'

Thanks in advance.

csv_data = csv.reader(open('ATEG_REGIONAL_MG_DADOS_TB_ATIVIDADE.csv', encoding='ISO-8859-15'), delimiter=';') 
next(csv_data)

for row in csv_data:
    for i, l in enumerate(row):
        if row[i] == '':
            row[i] = None
        cursor.execute('SELECT * FROM atividade WHERE CD_ATIVIDADE=%s', row[0])
        if cursor.fetchall():
            cursor.update('UPDATE atividade WHERE CD_ATIVIDADE = row[0]'),
        else:
            cursor.execute('INSERT INTO atividade (CD_ATIVIDADE, NM_ATIVIDADE, ST_ATIVO, COD_USUARIO_INCLUSAO, COD_USUARIO_ALTERACAO, DAT_INCLUSAO, DAT_ALTERACAO, CO_ATIVIDADE_REZOLVE, ROWID, FLG_SAFRA, FLG_PRODUTIVO, FLG_TIPO_ATIVIDADE, FLG_INDICADOR_ISA) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)', row)

# close the connection to the database. 
db.commit() 
cursor.close() 
print("Imported!")

Answer 1

If you are using psycopg2, there is no cursor.update() function present. Try cursor.execute() instead.

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Also row[0] is considered as a string in your query. So, change it to:

cursor.execute('UPDATE atividade WHERE CD_ATIVIDADE = %d', int(row[0]))

Answer 2

Seems like you are confusing two different libraries. import MySQLdb and from flask_mysqldb import MySQL are two different libraries.

Since you are using flask adding this line app.config['MYSQL_CURSORCLASS'] = 'DictCursor' and then calling the cursor cursor=db.connection.cursor() should solve your problem.

Taken from the official git page