Applescript - how do I use the result of a library return value

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Applescript - how do I use the result of a library return value

Hello. Been using applescript for about a week. Very new.

I'm using the following script below using an external libarary to query mysql database on external server. works. gives results. How do I save them to do something with the.

when I run it, the results of the call to the library show up in the results window. that makes sense.

ie

{rows:1, cols:1, record_data:{{"85016 "}}}

I want to assign the results to a variable to use it later, particularly the 85016.

I try "set testVariable to tell db_link to do_select(theDBCommand)"

no good. Not sure how to do this.

Help appreciated.

Script follows:

-- links to the mysql tools - thanks to http://www.j-schell.de/node/80

set library_path to "js_aux_scripts:mysql_objects.scptd"

set app_support to (path toapplication support folder) as string

set DB_Library to (load scriptfile (app_support & library_path))

set db_link to new_link("lala.yadayada.com", "user", "pass", "db") of DB_Library

-- collect the job number you want to run

-- Get the Number

set displayString to "Enter Job Number"

set the theIcon to 1

set theJobNumber to ""

repeat

display dialogdisplayStringdefault answertheJobNumberwith icontheIcon

set theJobNumber to text returned of result

try

if theJobNumber = "" then error

set theJobNumber to theJobNumber as number

exit repeat

on error

set displayString to "INVALID ENTRY! " & displayString

set theIcon to 0

end try

end repeat

-- Query the database and get the other informtion from the ticket file.

set theDBCommand to "SELECT BaseId from SfComp where JobNo = " & theJobNumber

tell db_link to do_select(theDBCommand)

applescript-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 26, 2012 5:54 PM

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red_menace

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Apr 26, 2012 6:23 PM in response to good_nature

Usually you would assign the variable to the results of the command/function, which are inside the tell statement -for example:

telldb_linktosettestVariabletodo_select(theDBCommand)

The results are a record, where it looks like record_data is a list of lists (although your example only has one item), so for that you can specify the particular property you are intereste in, for example:

getfirstitemoffirstitemofrecord_dataoftestVariable

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Camelot

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Apr 26, 2012 6:26 PM in response to good_nature

Without having the library in question, it's hard to be specific, but according to the standard AppleScript rules you have a couple of options.

First, you're close on your existing attempt, but you need to shift the 'set' to inside the 'tell' statement. e.g.:

tell db_link to set testVariable to do_select(theDBCommand)

In this way the result of the do_select command should be stored in the variable.

If that doesn't work, the alternative is to use AppleScript's result property. The result is always the result of the last-executed command, so:

tell db_link to do_select(theDBCommand)

set testVariable to the result

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