How to see the real SQL query in Python cursor.execute using pyodbc and MS-Access

Question

I use the following code in Python (with pyodbc for a MS-Access base).

cursor.execute(\"select a from tbl where b=? and c=?\", (x, y))

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Answer 1

Write the sql string and then execute it:

sql='''select a 
       from tbl 
       where b=? 
       and c=? '''

cursor.execute(sql, x, y)
print 'just executed:',(sql, x,y)

Now you can do whatever you want with the SQL statement.