MySQL parameterized queries

Question

I am having a hard time using the MySQLdb module to insert information into my database. I need to insert 6 variables into the table.

cursor.execute ("""
    INSERT INTO Songs (SongName, SongArtist, SongAlbum, SongGenre, SongLength, SongLocation)
    VALUES
        (var1, var2, var3, var4, var5, var6)

""")

Can someone help me with the syntax here?

Answer 1

You have a few options available. You'll want to get comfortable with python's string iterpolation. Which is a term you might have more success searching for in the future when you want to know stuff like this.

Better for queries:

some_dictionary_with_the_data = {
    'name': 'awesome song',
    'artist': 'some band',
    etc...
}
cursor.execute ("""
            INSERT INTO Songs (SongName, SongArtist, SongAlbum, SongGenre, SongLength, SongLocation)
            VALUES
                (%(name)s, %(artist)s, %(album)s, %(genre)s, %(length)s, %(location)s)

        """, some_dictionary_with_the_data)

Considering you probably have all of your data in an object or dictionary already, the second format will suit you better. Also it sucks to have to count "%s" appearances in a string when you have to come back and update this method in a year :)