Database API¶

class tango.Database¶

Database is the high level Tango object which contains the link to the static database. Database provides methods for all database commands : get_device_property(), put_device_property(), info(), etc.. To create a Database, use the default constructor. Example:

db = Database()

The constructor uses the TANGO_HOST env. variable to determine which instance of the Database to connect to.

add_device(self, dev_info) → None ¶

Add a device to the database. The device name, server and class are specified in the DbDevInfo structure
Example
dev_info = DbDevInfo()
dev_info.name = 'my/own/device'
dev_info._class = 'MyDevice'
dev_info.server = 'MyServer/test'
db.add_device(dev_info)

Parameters

dev_info: (DbDevInfo) device information

Return

None

add_server(self, servname, dev_info, with_dserver=False) → None ¶

Add a (group of) devices to the database. This is considered as a low level call because it may render the database inconsistent if it is not used properly.

If with_dserver parameter is set to False (default), this call will only register the given dev_info(s). You should include in the list of dev_info an entry to the usually hidden DServer device.

If with_dserver parameter is set to True, the call will add an additional DServer device if it is not included in the dev_info parameter.

Example using with_dserver=True:

dev_info1 = DbDevInfo()
dev_info1.name = 'my/own/device'
dev_info1._class = 'MyDevice'
dev_info1.server = 'MyServer/test'
db.add_server(dev_info1.server, dev_info, with_dserver=True)

Same example using with_dserver=False:

dev_info1 = DbDevInfo()
dev_info1.name = 'my/own/device'
dev_info1._class = 'MyDevice'
dev_info1.server = 'MyServer/test'

dev_info2 = DbDevInfo()
dev_info1.name = 'dserver/' + dev_info1.server
dev_info1._class = 'DServer
dev_info1.server = dev_info1.server

dev_info = dev_info1, dev_info2
db.add_server(dev_info1.server, dev_info)

New in version 8.1.7: added with_dserver parameter

Parameters

servname: (str) server name
dev_info: (sequence<DbDevInfo> | DbDevInfos | DbDevInfo) containing the server device(s) information
with_dserver: (bool) whether or not to auto create DServer device in server

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

build_connection(self) → None ¶

Tries to build a connection to the Database server.

Parameters: None
Return: None

New in PyTango 7.0.0

check_access_control(self, dev_name) → AccessControlType¶

Check the access for the given device for this client.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

the access control type as a AccessControlType object

New in PyTango 7.0.0

check_tango_host(self, tango_host_env) → None ¶

Check the TANGO_HOST environment variable syntax and extract database server host(s) and port(s) from it.

Parameters

tango_host_env: (str) The TANGO_HOST env. variable value

Return

None

New in PyTango 7.0.0

delete_attribute_alias(self, alias) → None ¶

Remove the alias associated to an attribute name.

Parameters

alias: (str) alias

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_class_attribute_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a list of attribute properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propnames

can be one of the following:

DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted
sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted
dict<str, seq<str>> keys are attribute names and value being a list of attribute property names

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_class_pipe_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a list of pipe properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propnames

can be one of the following:

DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted
sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted
dict<str, seq<str>> keys are pipe names and value being a list of pipe property names

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_class_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a the given of properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be deleted
DbDatum [in] - single property data to be deleted
DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted
sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted
dict<str, obj> [in] - keys are property names to be deleted (values are ignored)
dict<str, DbDatum> [in] - several DbDatum.name are property names to be deleted (keys are ignored)

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_device(self, dev_name) → None ¶

Delete the device of the specified name from the database.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

None

delete_device_alias(self, alias) → void¶

Delete a device alias

Parameters

alias: (str) alias name

Return

None

delete_device_attribute_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a list of attribute properties for the specified device.

Parameters

devname: (string) device name
propnames: can be one of the following: 1. DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted 2. sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted 3. sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted 3. dict<str, seq<str>> keys are attribute names and value being a list of attribute property names

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_device_pipe_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a list of pipe properties for the specified device.

Parameters

devname: (string) device name
propnames: can be one of the following: 1. DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted 2. sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted 3. sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted 3. dict<str, seq<str>> keys are pipe names and value being a list of pipe property names

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_device_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a the given of properties for the specified device.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) object name
value: can be one of the following: 1. str [in] - single property data to be deleted 2. DbDatum [in] - single property data to be deleted 3. DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted 4. sequence<str> [in]- several property data to be deleted 5. sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted 6. dict<str, obj> [in] - keys are property names to be deleted (values are ignored) 7. dict<str, DbDatum> [in] - several DbDatum.name are property names to be deleted (keys are ignored)

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_property(self, obj_name, value) → None ¶

Delete a the given of properties for the specified object.

Parameters

obj_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be deleted
DbDatum [in] - single property data to be deleted
DbData [in] - several property data to be deleted
sequence<string> [in]- several property data to be deleted
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be deleted
dict<str, obj> [in] - keys are property names to be deleted (values are ignored)
dict<str, DbDatum> [in] - several DbDatum.name are property names to be deleted (keys are ignored)

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

delete_server(self, server) → None ¶

Delete the device server and its associated devices from database.

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server to be deleted with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

None

delete_server_info(self, server) → None ¶

Delete server information of the specifed server from the database.

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server to be deleted with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

export_device(self, dev_export) → None ¶

Update the export info for this device in the database.

Example

dev_export = DbDevExportInfo()
dev_export.name = 'my/own/device'
dev_export.ior = <the real ior>
dev_export.host = <the host>
dev_export.version = '3.0'
dev_export.pid = '....'
db.export_device(dev_export)

Parameters

dev_export: (DbDevExportInfo) export information

Return

None

export_event(self, event_data) → None ¶

Export an event to the database.

Parameters

eventdata: (sequence<str>) event data (same as DbExportEvent Database command)

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

export_server(self, dev_info) → None ¶

Export a group of devices to the database.

Parameters

devinfo: (sequence<DbDevExportInfo> | DbDevExportInfos | DbDevExportInfo) containing the device(s) to export information

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_access_except_errors(self) → DevErrorList¶

Returns a reference to the control access exceptions.

Parameters: None
Return: DevErrorList

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_alias(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the device alias name from its name.

Parameters

alias: (str) device name

Return

alias

New in PyTango 3.0.4

Deprecated since version 8.1.0: Use get_alias_from_device() instead

get_alias_from_attribute(self, attr_name) → str ¶

Get the attribute alias from the full attribute name.

Parameters

attr_name: (str) full attribute name

Return

attribute alias

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_alias_from_device(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the device alias name from its name.

Parameters

alias: (str) device name

Return

alias

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_attribute_alias(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the full attribute name from an alias.

Parameters

alias: (str) attribute alias

Return

full attribute name

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

Deprecated since version 8.1.0: Use :class:`Database().get_attribute_from_alias` instead

get_attribute_alias_list(self, filter) → DbDatum¶

Get attribute alias list. The parameter alias is a string to filter the alias list returned. Wildcard (*) is supported. For instance, if the string alias passed as the method parameter is initialised with only the * character, all the defined attribute alias will be returned. If there is no alias with the given filter, the returned array will have a 0 size.

Parameters

filter: (str) attribute alias filter

Return

DbDatum containing the list of matching attribute alias

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_attribute_from_alias(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the full attribute name from an alias.

Parameters

alias: (str) attribute alias

Return

full attribute name

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_class_attribute_list(self, class_name, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of attributes defined for the specified class which match the specified wildcard.

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name
wildcard: (str) attribute name

Return

DbDatum containing the list of matching attributes for the given class

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_class_attribute_property(self, class_name, value) → dict<str, dict<str, seq<str>>¶

Query the database for a list of class attribute properties for the specified class. The method returns all the properties for the specified attributes.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propnames

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single attribute properties to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single attribute properties to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several attribute properties to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several attribute properties to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several attribute properties to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are attribute names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several attribute property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the attribute names the value associated with each key being a another dictionary where keys are property names and value is a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_class_attribute_property_history(self, dev_name, attr_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specifed class attribute property. Note that prop_name and attr_name can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’).

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
attr_name: (str) attribute name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_class_for_device(self, dev_name) → str ¶

Return the class of the specified device.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

a string containing the device class

get_class_inheritance_for_device(self, dev_name) → DbDatum¶

Return the class inheritance scheme of the specified device.

Parameters

devn_ame: (str) device name

Return

DbDatum with the inheritance class list

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_class_list(self, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of classes which match the specified wildcard

Parameters

wildcard: (str) class wildcard

Return

DbDatum containing the list of matching classes

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_class_pipe_list(self, class_name, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of pipes defined for the specified class which match the specified wildcard. This corresponds to the pure C++ API call.

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name
wildcard: (str) pipe name

Return

DbDatum containing the list of matching pipes for the given class

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_class_pipe_property(self, class_name, value) → dict<str, dict<str, seq<str>>¶

Query the database for a list of class pipe properties for the specified class. The method returns all the properties for the specified pipes.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propnames

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single pipe properties to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single pipe properties to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several pipe properties to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several pipe properties to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several pipe properties to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are pipe names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several pipe property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the pipe names the value associated with each key being a another dictionary where keys are property names and value is a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_class_pipe_property_history(self, dev_name, pipe_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specifed class pipe property. Note that prop_name and attr_name can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’).

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
pipe_name: (str) pipe name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_class_property(self, class_name, value) → dict<str, seq<str>>¶

Query the database for a list of class properties.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be fetched
tango.DbDatum [in] - single property data to be fetched
tango.DbData [in,out] - several property data to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several property data to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are property names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the property names the value associated with each key being a a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_class_property_history(self, class_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specified class property. Note that propname can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’).

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_class_property_list(self, class_name) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of properties defined for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name

Return

DbDatum containing the list of properties for the specified class

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_alias(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the device name from an alias.

Parameters

alias: (str) alias

Return

device name

Deprecated since version 8.1.0: Use get_device_from_alias() instead

get_device_alias_list(self, filter) → DbDatum¶

Get device alias list. The parameter alias is a string to filter the alias list returned. Wildcard (*) is supported.

Parameters

filter: (str) a string with the alias filter (wildcard (*) is supported)

Return

DbDatum with the list of device names

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_device_attribute_list(self, dev_name, att_list) → None ¶

Get the list of attribute(s) with some data defined in database for a specified device. Note that this is not the list of all device attributes because not all attribute(s) have some data in database This corresponds to the pure C++ API call.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
att_list [out]: (StdStringVector) array that will contain the attribute name list

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_attribute_property(self, dev_name, value) → dict<str, dict<str, seq<str>>>¶

Query the database for a list of device attribute properties for the specified device. The method returns all the properties for the specified attributes.

Parameters

dev_name

(string) device name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single attribute properties to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single attribute properties to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several attribute properties to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several attribute properties to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several attribute properties to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are attribute names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several attribute property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the attribute names the value associated with each key being a another dictionary where keys are property names and value is a DbDatum containing the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_attribute_property_history(self, dev_name, attr_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specified device attribute property. Note that propname and devname can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’).

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
attr_name: (str) attribute name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_device_class_list(self, server) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of devices and classes served by the specified server. Return a list with the following structure: [device name, class name, device name, class name, …]

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

DbDatum containing list with the following structure: [device_name, class name]

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_device_domain(self, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of of device domain names which match the wildcard provided (* is wildcard for any character(s)). Domain names are case insensitive.

Parameters

wildcard: (str) domain filter

Return

DbDatum with the list of device domain names

get_device_exported(self, filter) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of exported devices whose names satisfy the supplied filter (* is wildcard for any character(s))

Parameters

filter: (str) device name filter (wildcard)

Return

DbDatum with the list of exported devices

get_device_exported_for_class(self, class_name) → DbDatum¶

Query database for list of exported devices for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name

Return

DbDatum with the list of exported devices for the

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_device_family(self, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of of device family names which match the wildcard provided (* is wildcard for any character(s)). Family names are case insensitive.

Parameters

wildcard: (str) family filter

Return

DbDatum with the list of device family names

get_device_from_alias(self, alias) → str ¶

Get the device name from an alias.

Parameters

alias: (str) alias

Return

device name

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_device_info(self, dev_name) → DbDevFullInfo¶

Query the databse for the full info of the specified device.

Example

dev_info = db.get_device_info('my/own/device')
print(dev_info.name)
print(dev_info.class_name)
print(dev_info.ds_full_name)
print(dev_info.exported)
print(dev_info.ior)
print(dev_info.version)
print(dev_info.pid)
print(dev_info.started_date)
print(dev_info.stopped_date)

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

DbDevFullInfo

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_device_member(self, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of of device member names which match the wildcard provided (* is wildcard for any character(s)). Member names are case insensitive.

Parameters

wildcard: (str) member filter

Return

DbDatum with the list of device member names

get_device_name(self, serv_name, class_name) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of devices served by a server for a given device class

Parameters

serv_name: (str) server name
class_name: (str) device class name

Return

DbDatum with the list of device names

get_device_pipe_list(self, dev_name, pipe_list) → None ¶

Get the list of pipe(s) with some data defined in database for a specified device. Note that this is not the list of all device pipes because not all pipe(s) have some data in database This corresponds to the pure C++ API call.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
pipe_list [out]: (StdStringVector) array that will contain the pipe name list

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_pipe_property(self, dev_name, value) → dict<str, dict<str, seq<str>>>¶

Query the database for a list of device pipe properties for the specified device. The method returns all the properties for the specified pipes.

Parameters

dev_name

(string) device name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single pipe properties to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single pipe properties to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several pipe properties to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several pipe properties to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several pipe properties to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are pipe names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several pipe property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the pipe names the value associated with each key being a another dictionary where keys are property names and value is a DbDatum containing the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_pipe_property_history(self, dev_name, pipe_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specified device pipe property. Note that propname and devname can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’).

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
pipe_name: (str) pipe name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_property(self, dev_name, value) → dict<str, seq<str>>¶

Query the database for a list of device properties.

Parameters

dev_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single property data to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several property data to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several property data to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are property names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the property names the value associated with each key being a a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_device_property_history(self, dev_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specified device property. Note that propname can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’). This corresponds to the pure C++ API call.

Parameters

serv_name: (str) server name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_device_property_list(self, dev_name, wildcard, array=None) → DbData¶

Query the database for a list of properties defined for the specified device and which match the specified wildcard. If array parameter is given, it must be an object implementing de ‘append’ method. If given, it is filled with the matching property names. If not given the method returns a new DbDatum containing the matching property names.

New in PyTango 7.0.0

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
wildcard: (str) property name wildcard
array: [out] (sequence) (optional) array that will contain the matching property names.

Return

if container is None, return is a new DbDatum containing the matching property names. Otherwise returns the given array filled with the property names

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device

get_device_service_list(self, dev_name) → DbDatum¶

Query database for the list of services provided by the given device.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

DbDatum with the list of services

New in PyTango 8.1.0

get_file_name(self) → str ¶

Returns the database file name or throws an exception if not using a file database

Parameters: None
Return: a string containing the database file name
Throws: DevFailed

New in PyTango 7.2.0

get_host_list(self) → DbDatum¶

get_host_list (self, wildcard) -> DbDatum

Returns the list of all host names registered in the database.

Parameters

wildcard: (str) (optional) wildcard (eg: ‘l-c0*’)

Return

DbDatum with the list of registered host names

get_host_server_list(self, host_name) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of servers registered on the specified host.

Parameters

host_name: (str) host name

Return

DbDatum containing list of servers for the specified host

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_info(self) → str ¶

Query the database for some general info about the tables.

Parameters: None
Return: a multiline string

get_instance_name_list(self, serv_name) → DbDatum¶

Return the list of all instance names existing in the database for the specifed server.

Parameters

serv_name: (str) server name with format <server name>

Return

DbDatum containing list of instance names for the specified server

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_object_list(self, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of object (free properties) for which properties are defined and which match the specified wildcard.

Parameters

wildcard: (str) object wildcard

Return

DbDatum containing the list of object names matching the given wildcard

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_object_property_list(self, obj_name, wildcard) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of properties defined for the specified object and which match the specified wildcard.

Parameters

obj_name: (str) object name
wildcard: (str) property name wildcard

Return

DbDatum with list of properties defined for the specified object and which match the specified wildcard

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_property(self, obj_name, value) → dict<str, seq<str>>¶

Query the database for a list of object (i.e non-device) properties.

Parameters

obj_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be fetched
DbDatum [in] - single property data to be fetched
DbData [in,out] - several property data to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values
sequence<str> [in] - several property data to be fetched
sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be fetched
dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are property names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the property names the value associated with each key being a a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_property_forced(obj_name, value)¶

get_property(self, obj_name, value) -> dict<str, seq<str>>

Query the database for a list of object (i.e non-device) properties.

Parameters

obj_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

str [in] - single property data to be fetched

DbDatum [in] - single property data to be fetched

DbData [in,out] - several property data to be fetched In this case (direct C++ API) the DbData will be filled with the property values

sequence<str> [in] - several property data to be fetched

sequence<DbDatum> [in] - several property data to be fetched

dict<str, obj> [in,out] - keys are property names In this case the given dict values will be changed to contain the several property values

Return

a dictionary which keys are the property names the value associated with each key being a a sequence of strings being the property value.

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

get_property_history(self, obj_name, prop_name) → DbHistoryList¶

Get the list of the last 10 modifications of the specifed object property. Note that propname can contain a wildcard character (eg: ‘prop*’)

Parameters

serv_name: (str) server name
prop_name: (str) property name

Return

DbHistoryList containing the list of modifications

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

get_server_class_list(self, server) → DbDatum¶

Query the database for a list of classes instantiated by the specified server. The DServer class exists in all TANGO servers and for this reason this class is removed from the returned list.

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server to be deleted with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

DbDatum containing list of class names instanciated by the specified server

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_server_info(self, server) → DbServerInfo¶

Query the database for server information.

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server to be unexported with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

DbServerInfo with server information

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_server_list(self) → DbDatum¶

get_server_list (self, wildcard) -> DbDatum

Return the list of all servers registered in the database. If wildcard parameter is given, then the list of matching servers will be returned (ex: Serial/*)

Parameters

wildcard: (str) host wildcard (ex: Serial/*)

Return

DbDatum containing list of registered servers

get_server_name_list(self) → DbDatum¶

Return the list of all server names registered in the database.

Parameters: None
Return: DbDatum containing list of server names
Throws: ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

get_services(self, serv_name, inst_name) → DbDatum¶

Query database for specified services.

Parameters

serv_name: (str) service name
inst_name: (str) instance name (can be a wildcard character (‘*’))

Return

DbDatum with the list of available services

New in PyTango 3.0.4

import_device(self, dev_name) → DbDevImportInfo¶

Query the databse for the export info of the specified device.

Example

dev_imp_info = db.import_device('my/own/device')
print(dev_imp_info.name)
print(dev_imp_info.exported)
print(dev_imp_info.ior)
print(dev_imp_info.version)

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

DbDevImportInfo

is_control_access_checked(self) → bool ¶

Returns True if control access is checked or False otherwise.

Parameters: None
Return: (bool) True if control access is checked or False

New in PyTango 7.0.0

is_multi_tango_host(self) → bool ¶

Returns if in multi tango host.

Parameters: None
Return: True if multi tango host or False otherwise

New in PyTango 7.1.4

put_attribute_alias(self, attr_name, alias) → None ¶

Set an alias for an attribute name. The attribute alias is specified by alias and the attribute name is specifed by attr_name. If the given alias already exists, a DevFailed exception is thrown.

Parameters

attr_name: (str) full attribute name
alias: (str) alias

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_class_attribute_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propdata

can be one of the following:

tango.DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, dict<str, obj>> keys are attribute names and value being another dictionary which keys are the attribute property names and the value associated with each key being:

3.1 seq<str> 3.2 tango.DbDatum

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_class_pipe_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name

(str) class name

propdata

can be one of the following:

tango.DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, dict<str, obj>> keys are pipe names and value being another dictionary which keys are the pipe property names and the value associated with each key being:

3.1 seq<str> 3.2 tango.DbDatum

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_class_property(self, class_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified class.

Parameters

class_name: (str) class name
value: can be one of the following: 1. DbDatum - single property data to be inserted 2. DbData - several property data to be inserted 3. sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted 4. dict<str, DbDatum> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted 5. dict<str, obj> - keys are property names and str(obj) is property value 6. dict<str, seq<str>> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_device_alias(self, dev_name, alias) → None ¶

Query database for list of exported devices for the specified class.

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name
alias: (str) alias name

Return

None

put_device_attribute_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified device.

Parameters

dev_name

(str) device name

value

can be one of the following:

DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, dict<str, obj>> keys are attribute names and value being another dictionary which keys are the attribute property names and the value associated with each key being:

3.1 seq<str> 3.2 tango.DbDatum

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_device_pipe_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified device.

Parameters

dev_name

(str) device name

value

can be one of the following:

DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, dict<str, obj>> keys are pipe names and value being another dictionary which keys are the pipe property names and the value associated with each key being:

3.1 seq<str> 3.2 tango.DbDatum

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_device_property(self, dev_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified device.

Parameters

dev_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

DbDatum - single property data to be inserted
DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, DbDatum> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted
dict<str, obj> - keys are property names and str(obj) is property value
dict<str, seq<str>> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_property(self, obj_name, value) → None ¶

Insert or update a list of properties for the specified object.

Parameters

obj_name

(str) object name

value

can be one of the following:

DbDatum - single property data to be inserted
DbData - several property data to be inserted
sequence<DbDatum> - several property data to be inserted
dict<str, DbDatum> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted
dict<str, obj> - keys are property names and str(obj) is property value
dict<str, seq<str>> - keys are property names and value has data to be inserted

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

put_server_info(self, info) → None ¶

Add/update server information in the database.

Parameters

info: (DbServerInfo) new server information

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 3.0.4

register_service(self, serv_name, inst_name, dev_name) → None ¶

Register the specified service wihtin the database.

Parameters

serv_name: (str) service name
inst_name: (str) instance name
dev_name: (str) device name

Return

None

New in PyTango 3.0.4

rename_server(self, old_ds_name, new_ds_name) → None ¶

Rename a device server process.

Parameters

old_ds_name: (str) old name
new_ds_name: (str) new name

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 8.1.0

reread_filedatabase(self) → None ¶

Force a complete refresh over the database if using a file based database.

Parameters: None
Return: None

New in PyTango 7.0.0

set_access_checked(self, val) → None ¶

Sets or unsets the control access check.

Parameters

val: (bool) True to set or False to unset the access control

Return

None

New in PyTango 7.0.0

unexport_device(self, dev_name) → None ¶

Mark the specified device as unexported in the database
Example
db.unexport_device('my/own/device')

Parameters

dev_name: (str) device name

Return

None

unexport_event(self, event) → None ¶

Un-export an event from the database.

Parameters

event: (str) event

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

New in PyTango 7.0.0

unexport_server(self, server) → None ¶

Mark all devices exported for this server as unexported.

Parameters

server: (str) name of the server to be unexported with format: <server name>/<instance>

Return

None

Throws

ConnectionFailed, CommunicationFailed, DevFailed from device (DB_SQLError)

unregister_service(self, serv_name, inst_name) → None ¶

Unregister the specified service from the database.

Parameters

serv_name: (str) service name
inst_name: (str) instance name

Return

None

New in PyTango 3.0.4

write_filedatabase(self) → None ¶

Force a write to the file if using a file based database.

Parameters: None
Return: None

New in PyTango 7.0.0

class tango.DbDatum¶

A single database value which has a name, type, address and value and methods for inserting and extracting C++ native types. This is the fundamental type for specifying database properties. Every property has a name and has one or more values associated with it. A status flag indicates if there is data in the DbDatum object or not. An additional flag allows the user to activate exceptions.

Note: DbDatum is extended to support the python sequence API.: This way the DbDatum behaves like a sequence of strings. This allows the user to work with a DbDatum as if it was working with the old list of strings.

New in PyTango 7.0.0

is_empty(self) → bool ¶

Returns True or False depending on whether the DbDatum object contains data or not. It can be used to test whether a property is defined in the database or not.

Parameters: None
Return: (bool) True if no data or False otherwise.

New in PyTango 7.0.0

size(self) → int ¶

Returns the number of separate elements in the value.

Parameters: None
Return: the number of separate elements in the value.

New in PyTango 7.0.0

class tango.DbDevExportInfo¶

A structure containing export info for a device (should be retrieved from the database) with the following members:

name : (str) device name

ior : (str) CORBA reference of the device

host : name of the computer hosting the server

version : (str) version

pid : process identifier

class tango.DbDevExportInfo¶

A structure containing export info for a device (should be retrieved from the database) with the following members:

name : (str) device name

ior : (str) CORBA reference of the device

host : name of the computer hosting the server

version : (str) version

pid : process identifier

class tango.DbDevImportInfo¶

A structure containing import info for a device (should be retrieved from the database) with the following members:

name : (str) device name

exported : 1 if device is running, 0 else

ior : (str)CORBA reference of the device

version : (str) version

class tango.DbDevInfo¶

A structure containing available information for a device with the following members:

name : (str) name

_class : (str) device class

server : (str) server

class tango.DbHistory¶

A structure containing the modifications of a property. No public members.

get_attribute_name(self) → str ¶

Returns the attribute name (empty for object properties or device properties)

Parameters: None
Return: (str) attribute name

get_date(self) → str ¶

Returns the update date

Parameters: None
Return: (str) update date

get_name(self) → str ¶

Returns the property name.

Parameters: None
Return: (str) property name

get_value(self) → DbDatum¶

Returns a COPY of the property value

Parameters: None
Return: (DbDatum) a COPY of the property value

is_deleted(self) → bool ¶

Returns True if the property has been deleted or False otherwise

Parameters: None
Return: (bool) True if the property has been deleted or False otherwise

class tango.DbServerInfo¶

A structure containing available information for a device server with the following members:

name : (str) name

host : (str) host

mode : (str) mode

level : (str) level