database based on shelve file : shelve « Database « Python Tutorial

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2. Database
3. shelve

import sys, shelve

def store_person(db):
    pid = raw_input('Enter unique ID number: ')
    person = {}
    person['name']  = raw_input('Enter name: ')
    person['age']  = raw_input('Enter age: ')
    person['phone'] = raw_input('Enter phone number: ')

    db[pid] = person

def lookup_person(db):
    pid = raw_input('Enter ID number: ')
    field = raw_input('What would you like to know? (name, age, phone)  ')
    field = field.strip().lower()
    print field.capitalize() + ':', db[pid][field]

def enter_command():
    cmd = raw_input('Enter command (? for help): ')
    cmd = cmd.strip().lower()
    return cmd

database = shelve.open('c:\\database.dat')
store_person(database)
lookup_person(database)
database.close()