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I'm having trouble getting my python scripts to insert into a mysql database. I'm able to do other commands successfully such as adding or dropping tables, selecting items from tables but inserting into tables isn't working. I can manually insert but the script won't do it.
I have an entry field for a last name and am using .get() to grab the data. If I enter the name 'Jones' into the field and submit it, I get this error:
OperationalError: (1054, "Unknown column 'Jones' in 'field list'")

If I move the quotes around I won't get an error message but it also won't show up in the database.

Manually:

mysql>INSERT INTO persons (lname) VALUES ("Jones"); 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.36 sec)

Script portion:

test4=win4a.get()     # Last name 
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO persons (lname) VALUE (%s)"% (test4))

If tried this which gets no errors but also doesn't insert:

cursor.execute("INSERT INTO persons (lname) VALUE ('%s')"% (test4))

Even if I change it to the following, I will still get the same error message:

cursor.execute("INSERT INTO persons (lname) VALUE ('Jones')")

My script is using the right database & tables.

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Member Avatar for Gribouillis

I suspect it should be VALUES instead of VALUE.

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And dont forget to

dbi.commit()

for action.

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