Strange SQLAlchemy error message: TypeError: 'dict' object does not support indexing

Question

I am using hand crafted SQL to fetch data from a PG database, using SqlAlchemy. I am trying a query which contains the SQL like operator \'%\' and that seems to throw SqlAlc

Answer 1

You have to give %% to use it as % because % in python is use as string formatting so when you write single % its assume that you are going to replace some value with this.

So when you want to place single % in string with query allways place double %.