From 3535dc1b027d0991646be588bec2de518bca437d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charlie Duso <dusocharles@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:46:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added function to merge tables

---
 mergeScript.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mergeScript.py b/mergeScript.py
index 17a05af..47063fa 100644
--- a/mergeScript.py
+++ b/mergeScript.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ def getColumnNames( tableName ):
     temp = curs.fetchall()
     columns = []
     for i in range(0, len(temp)):
-        if ((("id" in temp[i][1]) | ("ID" in temp[i][1])) & ("INTEGER" in temp[i][2])):
+        if ((("id" in temp[i][1]) | ("ID" in temp[i][1])) & ( \
+            "INTEGER" in temp[i][2])):
             continue
         else:
             columns.append(temp[i][1])
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def getColumnNames( tableName ):
 #
 # @param list1 the first list parameter for comparison
 # @param list2 the second list parameter for comparison
-# @return will return a boolean (0 if lists are not the same, 1 if lists are the same)     
+# @return will return a boolean (0 lists !=, 1 lists ==)     
 def compareLists(list1, list2):
     if len(list1) != len(list2):
         return 0
@@ -75,6 +76,19 @@ def compareLists(list1, list2):
                 return 0
     return 1
 
+# Merges a table from an attached database to the source table
+#
+# @param tableName the name of the table to merge
+# @param columnNames the names of the columns to include in the merge
+# @param dbNameTableName the name of the attached database and the table
+#                        i.e. "databaseName.tableName"
+# @return none
+def mergeTable(tableName, columnNames, dbNameTableName):
+    curs.execute("INSERT INTO %s (%s) SELECT %s FROM %s;" %
+                 (tableName, columnNames, columnNames, dbNameTableName))
+    conn.commit()
+    
+
 ############################## Merge Script ####################################
 ################################################################################