err = 0
error = 'No Error Set'
error1 = 'No Error1 Set'
try:
    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_dir)
    for row in conn.execute("select max(date) from eod"):
       mxdate = row
    if mxdate == None:
        pass
    else:
        for row in conn.execute('select date, status from eod where date = ?',(mxdate,)):
            _lst_eod = row
    for row in conn.execute("select * from temp"):
        _crnt_eod = row
    conn.close()
except Exception as error:
    error = str(error)
    err = 1
    logged = 0
    try:
        conn.close()
        time = str(right_datetime())[11:19].replace(':','')
        conn = sqlite3.connect(db_dir)
        conn.execute("insert into error_log (date, user, auth, error, _action) values (?,?,?,?,'Failed to select from eod/temp tables.')",(int(str(_date)+time),cred[0],cred[1],error,))
        conn.commit()
        conn.close()
        logged = 1
    except Exception as error1:
        error1 = str(error1)
if err == 1:
    #An error occured here.
    text = '##Error## An error occured while trying to end the day:
'+error
    if logged == 0:
        text = text+'

A row was written to the error log.'
    else:
        text = text+'

Write to Error Log failed due to error:
'+error1
else:
    ....carry on with the rest of the program.

>>> e ="something"
>>> try:
...     1/0
... except ZeroDivisionError as e:
...     print(e)
...
division by zero
>>> e
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File"<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'e' is not defined