DB-API execute params, am I missing something?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> In message <mailman.766.1243354300.8015.python-list at python.org>, Dennis
> Lee Bieber wrote:
> 
>> Notice that db.literal() call? That's part of the mechanism used to
>> escape and quote parameters -- it only returns strings that are safe for
>> insertion into the SQL statement.
> 
> Does it deal with "like"-wildcards?

Why shouldn't it? 

cursor.execute("select * from table where column like %s", "%name%")

Diez