script to port old mysql facts to django models

scripts/port_facts_to_django.py

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+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError
+import os
+import sys
+
+from facts.models import FactCategory, Fact
+
+import MySQLdb as mdb
+
+config_file = 'dr.botzo.cfg'
+config = ConfigParser()
+config.read(os.path.expanduser(config_file))
+
+dbhost = config.get('dr.botzo', 'dbhost')
+dbuser = config.get('dr.botzo', 'dbuser')
+dbpass = config.get('dr.botzo', 'dbpass')
+dbname = config.get('dr.botzo', 'dbname')
+
+db = mdb.connect(dbhost, dbuser, dbpass, dbname, charset='utf8', use_unicode=True)
+try:
+    cur = db.cursor()
+    query = '''
+        SELECT * FROM facts_facts
+    '''
+    cur.execute(query)
+    for row in cur.fetchall():
+        category_name = row[1]
+        category, c = FactCategory.objects.get_or_create(name=category_name)
+
+        fact_text = row[2]
+        fact = Fact.objects.create(category=category, fact=fact_text)
+except NoOptionError as noe:
+    sys.exit("Aborted due to error in config: {0:s}".format(str(noe)))
+