Python equivalent of mysql_real_escape_string, for getting strings safely into MySQL?
- by AP257
Hi all
Is there a Python equivalent of PHP's mysql_real_escape_string?
I'm trying to insert some strings into a MySQL db direct from Python, and keep getting tripped up by quotes in the strings.
mysql_string = "INSERT INTO candidate (name, address) VALUES "
for k, v in v_dict.iteritems():
mysql_string += " ('" + v_dict['name'] + "', '" + v_dict['address'] + "'), "
mysql_string += ";"
cursor.execute(mysql_string)
I've tried re.escape() but that escapes every non-alphanumeric character in the strings, which isn't what I need - I just need to escape single quotes in this instance (plus more generally anything else that might trip up MySQL).
Could do this manually I guess, but is there a smarter way to do it in Python?
