Question

What am I doing wrong here?

 i = 0
 cursor.execute("insert into core_room (order) values (%i)", (int(i))

Error:

 int argument required

The database field is an int(11), but I think the %i is generating the error.

Update:

Here’s a more thorough example:

time = datetime.datetime.now()
floor = 0
i = 0

try:
booster_cursor.execute(‘insert into core_room (extern_id, name, order, unit_id, created, updated) values (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)’, (row[0], row[0], i, floor, time, time,))
except Exception, e:
print e

Error:

  (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'order, unit_id, created, updated) values ('99', '99', '235', '12', '2009-07-24 1' at line 1")

Answer 1

Two things. First, use %s and not %i. Second, parameters must be in a tuple – so you need (i,) (with comma after i).

Also, ORDER is a keyword, and should be escaped if you’re using it as field name.