Help Understanding mx.ODBC Error

[Steve Holden]

Greg Corradini wrote:
> Hello All,
> A few weeks ago, I wrote two scripts using mx.ODBC on an Access DB. Among
> other things, both scripts create new tables, perform a query and then
> populate the tables with data in a dictionary that I've uploaded from
> elsewhere. These scripts have run hundreds of times in the last few weeks
> with no problems. 
>  
> But recently they continue to bail on the mycursor.execute('An SQL
> Statement') after the table has been created. I get the following error
> message: 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "C:\Documents and Settings\marv1shi\Desktop\Workspace\Existence
> Script\DBF Checker\Access_SQL.py", line 35, in ?
> curse.execute(sql)
> ProgrammingError: ('07001', -3010, '[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access
> Driver] Too few parameters. Expected 4.', 4612) 
>  
> The real stinker, however, is that after it bails I can manually call
> mycursor.execute('An SQL Statement'), then call my insert statement in the
> Python Shell and it works fine. 
>  
> I just can't figure out how to reconcile this problem. Has anybody run into
> this before? 
>  
> Thanks
> Greg Corradini

I suspect what's happening here is that you are presenting statements 
you have made up programmatically, and the values you are trying to 
insert include apostrophes that break the syntax of your SQL. However 
there isn't really enough evidence to decide unless you are prepared to 
show us the error traceback, possibly with a dump of the SQL statement 
you are actually trying to execute.

I apologize in advance if you are using parameterized queries (as you 
should to avoid SQL injection vulnerabilities among other major 
problems) but this message is typical of Access when it sees words it 
can't parse.

regards
  Steve
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