Why would create table fail via python but succeed on cli?

Question

Here's a question for you mysql + python folks out there.

Why does this mysql sql sequence of commands not work when I execute it through Python, but it does when I execute it via the mysql CLI?

#!/usr/bin/env python

import oursql as mysql
import sys, traceback as tb
import logging

# some other stuff...

class MySqlAuth(object):
    def __init__(self, host = None, db = None, user = None, pw = None, port = None):
        self.host = 'localhost' if host is None else host
        self.db = 'mysql' if db is None else db
        self.user = 'root' if user is None else user
        self.pw = pw
        self.port = 3306 if port is None else port

    @property
    def cursor(self):
        auth_dict = dict()
        auth_dict['host'] = self.host
        auth_dict['user'] = self.user
        auth_dict['passwd'] = self.pw
        auth_dict['db'] = self.db
        auth_dict['port'] = self.port
        conn = mysql.connect(**auth_dict)
        cur = conn.cursor(mysql.DictCursor)
        return cur

def ExecuteNonQuery(auth, sql):
    try:
        cur = auth.cursor
        log.debug('SQL:  ' + sql)
        cur.execute(sql)
        cur.connection.commit()
        return cur.rowcount
    except:
        cur.connection.rollback()
        log.error("".join(tb.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
    finally:
        cur.connection.close()

def CreateTable(auth, table_name):

    CREATE_TABLE = """
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %(table)s ( 
              uid VARCHAR(120) PRIMARY KEY
            , k VARCHAR(1000) NOT NULL
            , v BLOB
            , create_ts TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
            , mod_ts TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
            , UNIQUE(k)
            , INDEX USING BTREE(k)
            , INDEX USING BTREE(mod_ts) );
    """
    ExecuteNonQuery(auth, CREATE_TABLE % { 'table' : table_name })

    CREATE_BEFORE_INSERT_TRIGGER = """
    DELIMITER //
    CREATE TRIGGER %(table)s_before_insert BEFORE INSERT ON %(table)s
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
        SET NEW.create_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.mod_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.uid = UUID();
    END;// DELIMIETER ;
    """
    ExecuteNonQuery(auth, CREATE_BEFORE_INSERT_TRIGGER % { 'table' : table_name })

    CREATE_BEFORE_INSERT_TRIGGER = """
    DELIMITER //
    CREATE TRIGGER %(table)s_before_update BEFORE UPDATE ON %(table)s
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
        SET NEW.mod_ts = NOW();
    END;// DELIMIETER ;
    """
    ExecuteNonQuery(auth, CREATE_BEFORE_UPDATE_TRIGGER % { 'table' : table_name })

# some other stuff

The error that I get when I run the python is this:

2012-01-15 11:53:00,138 [4214 MainThread mynosql.py] DEBUG SQL:  
    DELIMITER //
    CREATE TRIGGER nosql_before_insert BEFORE INSERT ON nosql
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
        SET NEW.create_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.mod_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.uid = UUID();
    END;// DELIMIETER ;

2012-01-15 11:53:00,140 [4214 MainThread mynosql.py] ERROR Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./mynosql.py", line 39, in ExecuteNonQuery
    cur.execute(sql)
  File "cursor.pyx", line 120, in oursql.Cursor.execute (oursqlx/oursql.c:15856)
  File "cursor.pyx", line 111, in oursql.execute (oursqlx/oursql.c:15728)
  File "statement.pyx", line 157, in oursql._Statement.prepare (oursqlx/oursql.c:7750)
  File "statement.pyx", line 127, in oursql._Statement._raise_error (oursqlx/oursql.c:7360)
ProgrammingError: (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DELIMITER //\n    CREATE TRIGGER nosql_before_insert BEFORE INSERT ON nosql\n    F' at line 1", None)

Answer 1

Although the error you are getting seems to be generated by the first DELIMITER // statement, you have a typo at the last mention of DELIMITER - you wrote it DELIMIETER ; - try to change that and see if that solves your issue.

Update

You have 2 typos for the same DELIMIETER ; - I believe you are getting the error just after the interpreter finds the first one:

 DELIMITER //
    CREATE TRIGGER %(table)s_before_insert BEFORE INSERT ON %(table)s
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
        SET NEW.create_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.mod_ts = NOW();
        SET NEW.uid = UUID();
    END;// DELIMIETER ; <-- this one is wrong, it should be DELIMITER