Question

I’m trying to insert dict values into database. But i’m getting error .here is my dictionary. I’m using this code .

       `cols = filter_dict.keys()
        vals = filter_dict.values()
        ("INSERT INTO table (%s) VALUES (%s)", [cols, vals])
`

When I only print this query ("INSERT INTO table (%s) VALUES (%s)", [cols, vals]).
I’m getting following output.
('INSERT INTO table (%s) VALUES (%s)', [['cinematography', 'name', 'producer', 'caption', 'studio', 'editing'], ['Venkat Prasad', '100% Love', 'Bunny Vasu', '', '100% Love Poster.jpg', 'Chandra Sekhar T Ramesh,Hari Prasad']])

But When I execute this query I”m getting strange output.
the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near \'table (("\'cinematography\'", "\'name\

Why execute query adding `\’ to each columns?? Can any one help me? thanks

Answer 1

The backslashes are likely due to your debugger. Are you running your code in the interactive prompt?

Anyway, the actual problems are:

• table is a reserved word. You should put table in backticks.
• If your table contains more than one column, you need to have multiple %s and multiple values.

For example:

"INSERT INTO `table` (%s, %s, &s) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)"

You will also need to change (cols, vals) to list the individual values.

(cols[0], cols[1], cols[2] , vals[0], vals[1], vals[2])

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I’d also strongly suggest that you try to find a better name for your table, preferably one that:

1) describes what sort of data the table contains and

2) isn’t a reserved word