MySQL Python unsure of the error

Question

I have a question. When I execute the whole thing, it throws me an error stating: TypeError: not enough arguments for format string. I guess it has to do with the error in the cur.execute("INSERT INTO modules (module_name, no_of_scripts, gsm, exam_type, exam_date, school) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)") but unsure what could be causing the issue.Help please thanks!

Below is a reference code:

 db = MySQLdb.connect(host='localhost',
                         user="schooluser",
                         passwd="",
                         db="exam_import")
    cur = db.cursor()
    csv_data = csv.reader(file('Modules.csv'))
    for row in csv_data:
        cur.execute("INSERT INTO `modules`(module_name, no_of_scripts, gsm, exam_type, exam_date, school) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)")
    cur.execute("SELECT * FROM modules")
    for row in cur.fetchall():

            self.name = row[0]
            self.sheetsperpaper = row[1]
            self.paperweightlol = row[2]
            self.exam_type1 = row[3]
            self.exam_series1 = row[4]
            self.exam_school1 = row[5]

            self.module_name.append(self.name)
            self.sheets.append(self.sheetsperpaper)
            self.paperweight.append(self.paperweightlol)
            self.exam_type.append(self.exam_type1)
            self.exam_series.append(self.exam_series1)
            self.exam_school.append(self.exam_school1)

    db.commit()
    db.close()

Answer 1

You need to asign values to your query

    cur.execute("INSERT INTO `modules`(module_name, no_of_scripts, gsm, exam_type, exam_date, school) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)" % (row[0],int(row[1]),int(row[2]),row[3],row[4],row[5]))

so you asign the values of each column of the row to your query (if the order is not that, you can change the row[x] position)

Answer 2

I got the same error once. I found this thing somewhere that when inserting a char or varchar value into the database in python code use single quotes around '%s' . I guess this should work for you too.

"insert into table_name(column_name) values('%s')" % value