Question

How would I properly write the following INSERT using LIKE?

provider = provider
cursor.execute("""INSERT INTO raw_financials (provider, vendor_id) 
                  VALUES (%s, %s)""", 
                 ((SELECT provider FROM main_app_provider 
                   WHERE provider LIKE %s%, %provider), vendor_id)

For example, with the above LIKE statement, “Apple” would match “Apple Inc.”.

Answer 1

Use the INSERT ... SELECT ... FROM variant of the INSERT command:

sql = """
    INSERT INTO raw_financials (provider, vendor_id)
    SELECT provider, %s
    FROM main_app_provider
    WHERE provider LIKE %s
    """ 
args = (vendor_id, '%'+provider+'%')
cursor.execute(sql, args)