Include both single quote and double quote in python string variable

Question

I am trying to do an insert in postgres through python (psycopg2). I need to include both single and double quotes in the string that does the insert. This is my code:

Answer 1

You can simplify your code a lot:

table_name = "my_table"
values_to_insert = ["O'neal", '"The Film "']
column_name_list = ["UpperAndLowercase", "otherColumn"]

print "INSERT INTO {} ".format(table_name) + ", ".join(['"{}"'.format(i) for i in column_name_list]) + " VALUES(" + ", ".join(["'''{}'''".format(i) for i in values_to_insert])

Outputs your desired result:

INSERT INTO my_table "UpperAndLowercase", "otherColumn" VALUES('''O'neal''', '''"The Film "'''