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Ammar Fatihallah
7,417 Pointssqlite3 error in python
So i have made this simple program that stores data for an experiment. i wanted to use sqlite, so thats what i did. After assigning a file and setting things up, I wrote the following script:
def data_entry(extracted_data):
c.execute('INSERT INTO data VALUES({}) '.format(', '.join(data for data in extracted_data)))
While running the program. I got *** syntax error *** with the following message:
c.execute('INSERT INTO data VALUES({}) '.format(', '.join(data for data in extracted_data)))
sqlite3.OperationalError: near ")": syntax error
any suggestions on why this occurred ?
[MOD: fixed ```python formatting -cf]
1 Answer
markmneimneh
14,133 PointsHello
I would do this to debug the problem
print('INSERT INTO data VALUES({}) '.format(', '.join(data for data in extracted_data)))
and look at the sql data and see if you can run the resulting SQL stand alone
Ammar Fatihallah
7,417 PointsBut the thing is that i don't want to print , i want to execute the sqlite commands. Im going to run it any way and see what i get.
markmneimneh
14,133 Pointsmarkmneimneh
14,133 PointsHi
"But the thing is that i don't want to print , i want to execute the sqlite commands. Im going to run it any way and see what i get."
right, but by doing a print and posting the result here, we can see what .format(', '.join(data for data in extracted_data))) is producing; and I am pretty sure that once you look at the printed string , you may be able to figure out what went wrong, and correct accordingly.