Question

I am trying to do this

cursor.execute("""INSERT INTO my_stats VALUES (%s,%s)""" % (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), info["countries"]))

where info[“countries’] is a json string like this
{“US” : 8997, “BG” : 78 ….}

I keep getting syntax error exception from MySQL

I am using Python-MysqlDB

Answer 1

You have an extra double-quote at the start of the query string.
Also, you should be passing your parameters as a second argument to execute to avoid SQL injection attacks; and to ensure that the values are properly quoted, e.g.:

cursor.execute("""INSERT INTO my_stats 
                  VALUES (%s, %s);""", (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), 
                                        info["countries"],))

If you post the error you’re getting we’ll be able to help more.