How do I escape % from python mysql query

Question

How do I escape the % from a mysql query in python.

For example

query = \"\"\"SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_time,\'%Y-%m\') AS dd
FROM some_table
WHERE som         


        

Answer 1

Literal escaping is recommended by the docs:

Note that any literal percent signs in the query string passed to execute() must be escaped, i.e. %%.