Extract String From Enclosing Tuple

[rshepard at nospam.appl-ecosys.com]

  I'm a bit embarrassed to have to ask for help on this, but I'm not finding
the solution in the docs I have here.

  Data are assembled for writing to a database table. A representative tuple
looks like this:

('eco', "(u'Roads',)", 0.073969887301348305)

Pysqlite doesn't like the format of the middle term:
pysqlite2.dbapi2.InterfaceError: Error binding parameter 1 - probably
unsupported type.

  I want to extract the 'Roads', part from the double-quoted enclosing
tuple. The unicode part should be automatically removed when the string is
printed, but I suspect it's the double quotes and extra parentheses that are
the problem. I know that tuples are immutable, but I thought that I could
slice it. If so, I'm not doing it correctly, because each attempt results in
                      TypeError: unsubscriptable object

  Even when I assign that middle term to a variable before assembling the
tuple for insertion in the database, I just cannot get the job done. Whether
in the tuple of three terms or by itself, I haven't applied the proper
technique.

  Insight appreciated.

Rich