unsupported format character ''' (0x27) at index while passing parameter as well as using wildcard in query

Question

i am facing an issue in python where i am using a query and i am passing some params in it:

query =   select * from %s where xyz like 'abc%'
  query %(tablename)

here it gives me an error. Can anyone help in this

Answer 1

It looks like python is interpreting the % as a printf-like format character. Try using %%?

query =   select * from %s where xyz like 'abc%%'