7.6. staticloader: addRegion()
Similar to Section 7.4, “staticloader: addNation”.
staticloader
# - - - a d d R e g i o n
def addRegion ( db, rawLine ):
'''Add one row to the regions table.
[ (db is a CBCData instance) and
(rawLine is a valid regions file line) ->
db.s +:= a new regions row made from rawLine ]
Line format:
0 1 2 3
0123456789012345678901234567890
CAN NT North West Territories
'''
#-- 1 --
# [ reg_nation := the nation code field from rawLine
# reg_code := the region code field from rawLine
# reg_name := the region name field from rawLine ]
reg_nation = rawLine[:3]
reg_code = rawLine[4:6]
reg_name = unicode(rawLine[7:].strip())
#-- 2 --
# [ db.s +:= a new Region row added using region_code
# and region_name ]
db.s.add ( db.Region ( reg_nation, reg_code, reg_name) )
