MySQL problem

[wes weston]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:45:57 GMT, wes weston <wweston at att.net> declaimed
> the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
>>str = "INSERT INTO produkt1 (MyNumber) VALUES(%d)" % (MyNumber)
>>cursor.execute(str)
>>
> 
> 	Think you meant "MyValue" for the second item... However...
> 
> 	Try neither, the recommended method is to let the execute() do
> the formatting... That way /it/ can apply the needed quoting of
> arguments based upon the type of the data.
> 
> cursor.execute("insert into produkt1 (MyNumber) values (%d)", (MyValue))
> 

Dennis,
    Do you know if this has some efficiency advantage
or is it just an agreed upon custom.
wes