Re: How do I use parameterized queries with LIKE?

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:00 PM, W. Matthew Wilson <matt(at)tplus1(dot)com> wrote:

> But when I move the "matt" part out and use a %s symbol instead, I get
> this error:
>
>    ValueError: unsupported format character ''' (0x27) at index 73
>
> What is the right solution here?

If you have parameters in the query, % is used as placeholder prefix.
You must use %% to include a literal % in the query:

In [14]: cur.execute("""select email_address from customer where
email_address like '%%' || %s || '%%'""", ('matt',))

or you can add the % to the value instead of the query:

In [17]: cur.execute("""select email_address from customer where
email_address like %s""", ('%matt%',))

Hope this helps,

-- Daniele