Python and MySQLdb: substitution of table resulting in syntax error

Question

I need to dynamically change tables and variables from time to time, so I wrote a python method like this:

    selectQ =\"\"\"SELECT * FROM  %s WHERE %s = %s         


        

Answer 1

Here is a full working example

def rtnwkpr(tick, table, col):

    import MySQLdb as mdb
    tickwild = tick + '%'       
    try:
        con = mdb.connect(host, user, password, db);
        cur = con.cursor()
        selectq = "SELECT price FROM %s WHERE %s LIKE %%s;" % (table, col)
        cur.execute(selectq,(tickwild))
        return cur.fetchall()