Problem with regexp python and sqlite

Question

I try to check a string with a pattern using a regex with python on a sqlite database. I have problem when I try de search string having \" with a patern using \" For exempl

Answer 1

Use parametrized sql. Then you don't need to escape the quotes yourself:

import sqlite3
import re

def regexp(expr, item):
    reg = re.compile(expr)
    return reg.search(item) is not None

conn = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
conn.create_function("REGEXP", 2, regexp)
cursor = conn.cursor()
cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE foo (bar TEXT)')
cursor.executemany('INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES (?)',[('aaa"test"',),('blah',)])
cursor.execute('SELECT bar FROM foo WHERE bar REGEXP ?',['"test"'])
data=cursor.fetchall()
print(data)

yields

[(u'aaa"test"',)]