formating query with empty parameter

[Pet]

On 25 Mai, 18:16, Tim Chase <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> >> To stave off this problem, I often use:
>
> >>    values = [
> >>     data['a'],
> >>     data['b'],
> >>     data['c'],
> >>     data['d'],
> >>     data['e'],
> >>     data['f'],
> >>     data['g'],
> >>     ]
> >>    params = ', '.join('%s' for _ in values)
> >>    query = """
> >>      BEGIN;
> >>        INSERT INTO table
> >>          (a,b,c,d,e,f,g)
> >>        VALUES (%s);
> >>      COMMIT;
> >>      """ % params
> >>    self.db.execute(query, values)
>
> > Why do you pass values to execute() if you already have your query
> > formatted?
>
> The "params" might be better named "placeholders".  So after the

O, thanks for clarification, I've completely missed the point of
params = ', '.join
>
>     query = "..." % params
>
> the query looks like your original (go ahead and print "query" to
> see), only the number of placeholders ("%s") is guaranteed to
> match the number of values you pass in during the execute() call.
>   The second iteration I gave goes one step further to ensure
> that the "(a,b,c,d,e,f,g)" portion also matches in count to the
> number of values and place-holders to be used.
>
> Once you have a SQL query that matches what you plan to pass
> (based on your initial data-structure:  a list/tuple or a
> dictionary), then you call execute(query, values) to have the
> database then associate the parameter-placeholders ("%s") with
> the corresponding value from "values".
>
> -tkc