How do I put % in a format sting?

[John Salerno]

Gregory Piñero wrote:
> How do I put % in a format sting?
> 
> For example I want this to work:
> 
>>>> sql_template="""SELECT ENTRY FROM LOOKUP WHERE FIELDNAME LIKE '%s%V'"""
>>>> sql_template % 'userdef103'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
> 
> 
> 

Put it immediately after the string:

sql_template="""SELECT ENTRY FROM LOOKUP WHERE FIELDNAME LIKE '%s%V'""" 
% 'userdef103'

But I think SQL has other recommended methods. At least with SQLite, it 
is recommended you not use Python's %s formatter but instead the "?" 
formatter.