MySQLdb question... using table name as arg

[Sean Berry]

I have four tables that all have the same column names (50 in each.)

I have created an admin program to edit, delete and add records to the 
tables and would like to use the table name as a variable in each query so 
the code can be used for each of the 4 tables.  Usually I would do something 
like this by having 1 table with special column to categorize the records as 
I am doing with each table, but this specific application requires that I do 
it with 4 tables instead.

To ensure that string are quoted properly without any hassle I use the 
execute function like so assuming c is my cursor object...

c.execute("update tableName set col1 = %s, col2 = %s, col3 = %s, ...", 
(val1, val2, val3, ...))

But, not I want to do this with a variable tableName.  If I add it to the 
tuple of parameters in the second arg before val1 and replace tableName with 
%s, then the tableName will be quoted in the query, causing an error.

What is the best (easiest) way for me to accomplish this?  I know it may be 
a stupid question but I just can't figure it out.


Thanks for any help.