Re: strange use of %s

From	Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject	Re: strange use of %s
Date	2011-04-19 21:01 -0700
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:31:44 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber
> <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:44:40 +0100, Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk>
> > declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
> >
> >
> >>    sql = "SELECT ... WHERE name LIKE '%' + ? + '%'"
> >>    q = db.cursor ()
> >>    q.execute (sql, [response])
> >>
> >        That won't work properly either (at least not in MySQLdb -- which
> > quotes the values put into the placeholder; you'd end up with
> >        '%''value''%'
> 
> You'd end up with "... LIKE '%' + 'value' + '%'" which is perhaps
> overkill (it forces the database engine to concatenate three strings),
> but at least it's safe.
> 
	Ah... must have been wearing the wrong glasses at the time and
overlooked that the +s were /in/ the SQL statement...

	I tend not to think of string concatenation in SQL... So end up with
the nasty pre-wrapping I showed.
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strange use of %s Tracubik <affdfsdfdsfsd@b.com> - 2011-04-18 08:29 +0000
  Re: strange use of %s Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2011-04-18 09:44 +0100
    Re: strange use of %s John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2011-04-25 15:01 -0700
      Re: strange use of %s Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 08:10 +1000
  Re: strange use of %s Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-18 18:50 +1000
  Re: strange use of %s Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-04-18 22:22 -0700
  Re: strange use of %s Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-19 15:31 +1000
  Re: strange use of %s Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-04-19 21:01 -0700

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