What is the proper wayto execute dynamic MySQL queries in Python

What is the proper way in which I can execute dynamic MySQL queries in Python? I want to do dynamic queries for both CREATE and INSERT statement.
Here is my attempted code:

sql="create table %s (%%s, %%s, %%s ... )" % (tablename,''.join(fields)+' '.join(types))
cur.execute(sql)

where 'field' is the fieldnames stored in a list and 'types' are the fieldtypes stored in a list.

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You need to join the fields and the field types. Use zip(). Then join with commas.

fields_and_types = [%s %s % (field, type) for field, type in zip(fields, types)] 
what_goes_between_the_parens = , .join(fields_and_types) 
sql = create table %s (%s) % (tablename, what_goes_between_the_parens)

See where that gets you.

answer May 29, 2013 by anonymous

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