[Metakit] NEWBIE: How do I retrieve the row index?

[David Capps]

Consider this code:

#Create a database:
> import metakit
> db = metakit.storage("passwordfile.mk",1)
> #Create a view (this is the Metakit term for "table"):
> vw = db.getas("users[username:S,password:S]")
> #get user name to add
> user = raw_input('User Name to Add: ')
> # check and see if it exists in datafile already
> c_vw = vw.select(username=user)
> if c_vw:
>     for r in c_vw:
>         ix = vw.find(username=user, start=2) #=================>>>>wanted
> to get row index here, is broken
>         print r.username + ' already exists in database at: ', ix
> else:
>     # get a password for the new user
>     passw = raw_input('Password for that user: ')
>     #Add a row (this is the Metakit term for "record"):
>     idx = vw.append(username=user,password=passw)
>     print 'Base0 index position where record was inserted: ' + str(idx)
>     #Commit the changes to file:
>     db.commit()
> #Show a list of all users
> for r in vw: print r.username, r.password

#==============>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END SCRIPT

I have been through all the documentation that I could find, and was unable
> to find out how to get the row index.


Could someone give a push in the right direction??

TIA :-)