IN python how to pass variable in SQL query?

Question

I know we can pass variable in SQL in python like this:

cur.execute("INSERT INTO foo VALUES (%s)", ["bar"])

But I'm trying to create a database after user input and facing error. This is the code which is not working:

import mysql.connector;
host = input("ENter Host name ");
user = input("ENter Username ");
password = input("ENter password ");

conn = mysql.connector.connect(
    host = host,
    user = user,
    password = password
);

connect = conn.cursor();
print("Connection Setup");
db = input("Enter Database Name ");
connect.execute('CREATE DATABASE %s',(db,));
print("Database ",db," created successfully");
connect.execute("SHOW DATABASES");

for x in connect:
    print(x);

But I'm not able to create the database... What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Never mind I found the answer. Here it is

connect.execute("""CREATE DATABASE {}""".format(db));

Just the wrong formatting on my end. you can use this as well

connect.execute("CREATE DATABASE {}".format(db));