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mysql.connector.errors.ProgrammingError: Failed processing format-parameters; Python 'list' cannot be converted to a MySQL type

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I am attempting to insert a value into my table where it selects an ID by matching it with its name and inserting it into a second table. However when I print out the selected value it prints [(1,)] which is classed as a list. So when it tries to insert the value into a table I receive the error that im trying to insert a list when I just want the value 1.
the code for it is in python and its shown below:
def createaudit():
sitename2_info = sitename.get()
print(sitename2_info, "testing2")
name2_info = name2.get()
print(name2_info)
name3_info = name3.get()
print(name3_info)
# Sql code for writing the data that was written in the regsitering page.
cursor = cnn.cursor()
# the site query matches the inputted username with the corresponding userID and inserts the userID into userID_fk
siteIDQuery = "SELECT siteID FROM Sites WHERE siteName = %s"
cursor.execute(siteIDQuery, [sitename2_info])
siteID_fetch = cursor.fetchall()
print(siteID_fetch)
sitequery = "INSERT INTO `audit`(`siteID_fk`, `auditor1`, `auditor2`) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)"
sitequery_vals = (siteID_fetch, name2_info, name3_info)
cursor.execute(sitequery, sitequery_vals)
# prints how many rows were inserted to make sure values are put into the database
print(cursor.rowcount)
cnn.commit()
cursor.close()
cnn.close()

use row as variable with python and sql

I am trying to update some values into a database. The user can give the row that should be changed. The input from the user, however is a string. When I try to parse this into the MySQL connector with python it gives an error because of the apostrophes. The code I have so far is:
import mysql.connector
conn = mysql.connector
conn = connector.connect(user=dbUser, password=dbPasswd, host=dbHost, database=dbName)
cursor = conn.cursor()
cursor.execute("""UPDATE Search SET %s = %s WHERE searchID = %s""", ('maxPrice', 300, 10,))
I get this error
mysql.connector.errors.ProgrammingError: 1064 (42000): 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 ''maxPrice' = 300 WHERE searchID = 10' at line 1
How do I get rid of the apostrophes? Because I think they are causing problems.

As noted, you can't prepare it using a field.
Perhaps the safest way is to allow only those fields that are expected, e.g.
#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import mysql.connector
conn = mysql.connector.connect(user=os.environ.get('USER'),
host='localhost',
database='sandbox',
unix_socket='/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock')
cur = conn.cursor(dictionary=True)
query = """SELECT column_name
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = DATABASE()
AND table_name = 'Search'
"""
cur.execute(query)
fields = [x['column_name'] for x in cur.fetchall()]
user_input = ['maxPrice', 300, 10]
if user_input[0] in fields:
cur.execute("""UPDATE Search SET {0} = {1} WHERE id = {1}""".format(user_input[0], '%s'),
tuple(user_input[1:]))
print cur.statement
Prints:
UPDATE Search SET maxPrice = 300 WHERE id = 10
Where:
mysql> show create table Search\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Search
CREATE TABLE `Search` (
`id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
`maxPrice` float DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

A column name is not a parameter. Put the column name maxPrice directly into your SQL.
cursor.execute("""UPDATE Search SET maxPrice = %s WHERE searchID = %s""", (300, 10))
If you want to use the same code with different column names, you would have to modify the string itself.
sql = "UPDATE Search SET {} = %s WHERE searchID = %s".format('maxPrice')
cursor.execute(sql, (300,10))
But bear in mind that this is not safe from injection the way parameters are, so make sure your column name is not a user-input string or anything like that.

You cannot do it like that. You need to place the column name in the string before you call cursor.execute. Column names cannot be used when transforming variables in cursor.execute.
Something like this would work:
sql = "UPDATE Search SET {} = %s WHERE searchID = %s".format('maxPrice')
cursor.execute(sql, (300, 10,))

You cannot dynamically bind object (e.g., column) names, only values. If that's the logic you're trying to achieve, you'd have to resort to string manipulation/formatting (with all the risks of SQL-injection attacks that come with it). E.g.:
sql = """UPDATE Search SET {} = %s WHERE searchID = %s""".format('maxPrice')
cursor.execute(sql, (300, 10,))

Insert Data Into A Table Using The Same Foreign Key Value

I'm using SQL Server, Python, pypyodbc.
The tables I have are:
tbl_User: id, owner
tbl_UserPhone: id, number, user_id
user_id is the primary key of User and the foreign key of UserPhone.
I'm trying to insert 2 different phones to the same user_id using pypyodbc.
This is one of the things I tried that did not work:
cursor = connection.cursor()
SQLCommand = ("INSERT INTO tbl_UserPhones"
"(id,number,user_id)"
" VALUES (?,?,?)")
values = [userphone_index, user_phone,"((SELECT id from tbl_User where id = %d))" % user_id_index]
cursor.execute(SQLCommand, values)
cursor.commit()

Based on your comments, you have an identity column in tbl_UserPhones. Based on the column names I'm guessing it's the ID column.
The exception you get is very clear - you can't insert data into an identity column without specifically setting identity_insert to on before your insert statement. Basically, messing around with identity columns is bad practice. it's better to let Sql server to use it's built in capabilities and handle the insert to the identity column automatically.
You need to change your insert statement to not include the id column:
Instead of
SQLCommand = ("INSERT INTO tbl_UserPhones"
"(id,number,user_id)"
" VALUES (?,?,?)")
values = [userphone_index, user_phone,"((SELECT id from tbl_User where id = %d))" % user_id_index]
try this:
SQLCommand = ("INSERT INTO tbl_UserPhones"
"(number,user_id)"
" VALUES (?,?)")
values = [user_phone,"((SELECT id from tbl_User where id = %d))" % user_id_index]

SQLCommand = ("INSERT INTO tbl_UserPhones"
"(id,number,user_id)"
" VALUES (?,?,?)")
user_sqlCommand = cursor.execute("(SELECT id FROM tbl_User WHERE id = %d)" % user_index).fetchone()[0]
values = [userphone_index, user_phone, user_sqlCommand]
This was the solution.

Python/MySQL - Error 1064, can't figure it out

I've been trying to find out what causes the error. I believe it is in the last query to the database. I've marked it with comments.
This error has been giving me a headache for the past 30 minutes.
import MySQLdb
import time
# Create a database connection
db = MySQLdb.connect(host="******", user="******", passwd="*****", db="*****")
cur = db.cursor()
# Create a query to select all IDs
cur.execute("SELECT id FROM users")
clientArray = []
# Loop over all IDs returned from query,
# save all IDs in the clientArray
for row in cur.fetchall():
clientID = str(row[0])
clientArray.append(clientID)
clientIDInput = ""
while True:
# Check and wait for input
clientIDInput = raw_input("")
if clientIDInput in clientArray:
# Check to see whether user is already signed in to the device
cur.execute("SELECT fitnessStatus FROM users WHERE id=%s", (clientIDInput))
data = cur.fetchone()
if data[0] == False:
cur.execute("UPDATE users SET fitnessStatus='1' WHERE id=%s", (clientIDInput))
checkInTime = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
checkOutID = raw_input("")
if checkOutID == clientIDInput:
cur.execute("UPDATE users SET fitnessStatus='0' WHERE id=%s", (clientIDInput))
checkOutTime = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
print checkInTime
print checkOutTime
### I BELIEVE THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR ###
cur.execute("INSERT INTO activities (id, machinename, checkin, checkout, clientid) VALUES (NULL, Cross Trainer #5, %s, %s, %s)", (checkInTime, checkOutTime, clientIDInput))
# Send checkInTime and checkOutTime to database

There is a syntax error in your INSERT statement. Try to enclose the string 'Cross Trainer #5' in single quotes:
cur.execute("INSERT INTO activities (id, machinename, checkin, checkout, clientid) VALUES (NULL, 'Cross Trainer #5', %s, %s, %s)", (checkInTime, checkOutTime, clientIDInput))`
Luckily, the statement itself is already enclosed in double quotes " so that no further change would be required :)
The error 1064 is a bit misleading. It indicates, amongst others, abuse of a reserved word. And indeed: CROSS is a reserved word.

Python Sqlite3 - how to work very very long WHERE IN() clause

[Using Python3.x]
The basic idea is that I have to run a first query to pull a long list of IDs (text) (about a million IDs) and use those IDs in an IN() clause in a WHERE statement in another query. I'm using python string formatting to make this happen, and works well if the number of IDs is small - say 100k - but gives me an error (pyodbc.Error: ('08S01', '[08S01] [MySQL][ODBC 5.2(a) Driver][mysqld-5.5.31-MariaDB-log]MySQL server has gone away (2006) (SQLExecDirectW)')) when the set is indeed about a million IDs long.
I tried to read into it a bit and think it might have something with the default(?) limits set by SQLite. Also I am wondering if I'm approaching this in the right way anyway.
Here's my code:
Step 1: Getting the IDs
def get_device_ids(con_str, query, tb_name):
local_con = lite.connect('temp.db')
local_cur = local_con.cursor()
local_cur.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {};".format(tb_name))
local_cur.execute("CREATE TABLE {} (id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, \
lang TEXT, first_date DATETIME);".format(tb_name))
data = create_external_con(con_str, query)
device_id_set = set()
with local_con:
for row in data:
device_id_set.update([row[0]])
local_cur.execute("INSERT INTO srv(id, lang, \
first_date) VALUES (?,?,?);", (row))
lid = local_cur.lastrowid
print("Number of rows inserted into SRV: {}".format(lid))
return device_id_set
Step 2: Generating the query with 'dynamic' IN() clause
def gen_queries(ids):
ids_list = str(', '.join("'" + id_ +"'" for id_ in ids))
query = """
SELECT e.id,
e.field2,
e.field3
FROM table e
WHERE e.id IN ({})
""".format(ids_list)
return query
Step 3: Using that query in another INSERT query
This is where things go wrong
def get_data(con_str, query, tb_name):
local_con = lite.connect('temp.db')
local_cur = local_con.cursor()
local_cur.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {};".format(tb_name))
local_cur.execute("CREATE TABLE {} (id TEXT, field1 INTEGER, \
field2 TEXT, field3 TEXT, field4 INTEGER, \
PRIMARY KEY(id, field1));".format(tb_name))
data = create_external_con(con_str, query) # <== THIS IS WHERE THAT QUERY IS INSERTED
device_id_set = set()
with local_con:
for row in data:
device_id_set.update(row[1])
local_cur.execute("INSERT INTO table2(id, field1, field2, field3, \
field4) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?);", (row))
lid = local_cur.lastrowid
print("Number of rows inserted into table2: {}".format(lid))
Any help is very much appreciated!
Edit
This is probably the right solution to my problem, however when I try to use "SET SESSION max_allowed_packet=104857600" I get the error: SESSION variable 'max_allowed_packet' is read-only. Use SET GLOBAL to assign the value (1621). Then when I try to change SESSION to GLOBAL i get an access denied message.

Insert the IDs into a (temporary) table in the same database, and then use:
... WHERE e.ID IN (SELECT ID FROM TempTable)