Python String Formats with SQL Wildcards and LIKE

Question

I\'m having a hard time getting some sql in python to correctly go through MySQLdb. It\'s pythons string formatting that is killing me.

My sql statement is using the

Answer 1

I have a solution to your problem :

You can not use :

"SELECT tag.userId, count(user.id) as totalRows FROM user INNER JOIN tag ON user.id = tag.userId WHERE user.username LIKE '%%s%'" % (query)

you can change it with string template, such as :

import MySQLdb
import string # string module
.......
value = {'user':'your value'}
sql_template = string.Template("""
SELECT tag.userId, count(user.id) as totalRows FROM user INNER JOIN
tag ON user.id = tag.userId WHERE user.username LIKE '%$user%'
""")

sql = sql_template.substitute(value)

try:
    cursor.execute(sql)
    ...........
except:
    ...........
finally :
   db.close()