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Issue with strings and dictionaries in python

I'm using the click package to get input for one or more variables which get loaded in as a combined dictionary. Each entry is then joined and the combined string is added to the end of a base URL and sent through the requests package to receive some xml data.
Earlier I had an issue with one of the variables that let you search through a range, such as
[value1, value2]
Python added double quotes around it so the search function didn't operate correctly, so I used
.replace('"', '')
on the joined string before combined with the base url and that seemed to fix that problem. The issue now is that individual input that contains more than one word now doesn't produce the same output as the actual search engine online. I have to use quotes when I input the information to keep it as a single argument, but then the quotes get removed by the function above and I believe that is what is causing the issue.
I think if I have a way to access individual entries of this dictionary and remove the double quotes from only certain entries then that should get the job done. But if I am overlooking something please let me know.
Help is appreciated.
Code added below:
import click
import requests
#click.command()
#click.option(--variable1)
#click.option(--variable2)
query_list=[variable1, variable2]
query=''.join(query_list)
base_url = "abc.com...."
response=requests.get(base_url,query)

SQLite3 (Python): execute() command not working with string parameters

I'm writing code that takes a user-inputted string and binds it to a SQLite command through a parameter.
I've gotten this functionality to work when the string is already embedded in the query (see first example under "these lines do work"), and this binding method works with integers just fine (see second example).
testname = "\"EJtheDJ\"" #this would be user-inputted, but I get the same issue when I initialize it this way
#this line doesn't work
c.execute("select lastfm from usernames where discordname=?", (testname,))
#these lines do work
#c.execute("select lastfm from usernames where discordname=\"EJtheDJ\"")
#c.execute("select integer1 from test where integer2=?", (num,)) #num=3
print(c.fetchone()) #prints out "None"
My syntax seems 100% correct according to all the tutorials and forum threads I've looked at. I don't normally make posts here (in fact this is my first time), but I'm completely stumped on this and felt it was my only option. Any help would be massively appreciated. I'm running this on a CentOS server with Python 3.6, if that helps.
Edit: Turns out I just needed to do away with the escaped quotes. testname = EJtheDJ works perfectly.

Query from more than one table Python Mysql Connector

I have the following sql query:
SELECT
pc.patente,
cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group
FROM
patente_pc pc
,
patente_cpc cpc,
cpc_subgroup cs,
cpc_group cg
WHERE
pc.codigo_patente_pc = cpc.patente_pc_codigo_patente_pc AND
cpc.cpc = cs.codigo_cpc_subgroup AND
cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group = cg.codigo_cpc_group
GROUP BY
pc.patente, cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group
I add this query to python, separating line by line the string in a tuple to not have a problem with the syntax..
and it executes correctly
but when I need to retrieve the data, I use
lista_cpcs = []
lista_patentes = []
for (pc.patente, cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group) in cursor:
lista_cpcs.append(cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group)
lista_patentes.append(pc.patente)
return [lista_cpcs, lista_patentes]
and I get the error Global name 'pc' is not defined
I get whats happening, it's interpreting pc and cs as python modules, but they are from the sql..
how to work in this?
Ps: I search for python mysql connector and didn't found anything with this.

The variables in your for loop: (pc.patente, cs.cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group) are user defined; the names used do not have anything to do with the names from the query. Thus, you can call them whatever you want. You may consider using (pc__patente, cs__cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group) or something.
The problem is that the dot notation in python != the dot notation from your SQL.

Got it, sorry for the post..
Searching in https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-api-mysqlcursor-description.html
I learned a few attributes of the cursor, and using the Eclipse debugger I saw that it comes just the name, not the table connection..so I use
for (patente, cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group) in cursor:
lista_cpcs.append(cpc_group_codigo_cpc_group)
lista_patentes.append(patente)
and it's working now, and thanks for the help #Scott

Django, SQLite - Accurate ordering of strings with accented letters

Main problem:
I have a Python (3.4) Django (1.6) web app using an SQLite (3) database containing a table of authors. When I get the ordered list of authors some names with accented characters like ’Čapek’ and ’Örkény’ are the end of list instead of at (or directly after) section ’c’ and ’o’ of the list.
My 1st try:
SQLite can accept collation definitions. I searched for one that was made to order UTF-8 strings correctly for example Localized and Unicode collation in Android (Accented Search in sqlite (android)) but found none.
My 2nd try:I found an old closed Django ticket about my problem: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/8384 It suggests sorting with Python as workaround. I found it quite unsatisfying. Firstly if I sort with a Python method (like below) instead of ordering at model level I cannot use generic views. Secondly ordering with a Python method returns the very same result as the SQLite order_by does: ’Čapek’ and ’Örkény’ are placed after section 'z'.
author_list = sorted(Author.objects.all(), key=lambda x: (x.lastname, x.firstname))
How could I get the queryset ordered correctly?

Thanks to the link CL wrote in his comment, I managed to overcome the difficulties that I replied about. I answer my question to share the piece of code that worked because using Pyuca to sort querysets seems to be a rare and undocumented case.
# import section
from pyuca import Collator
# Calling Collator() takes some seconds so you should create it as reusable variable.
c = Collator()
# ...
# main part:
author_list = sorted(Author.objects.all(), key=lambda x: (c.sort_key(x.lastname), c.sort_key(x.firstname)))
The point is to use sort_key method with the attribute you want to sort by as argument. You can sort by multiple attributes as you see in the example.
Last words: In my language (Hungarian) we use four different accented version of the Latin letter ‘o’: ‘o’, ’ó’, ’ö’, ’ő’. ‘o’ and ‘ó’ are equal in sorting, and ‘ö’ and ‘ő’ are equal too, and ‘ö’/’ő’ are after ‘o’/’ó’. In the default collation table the four letters are equal. Now I try to find a way to define or find a localized collation table.

You could create a new field in the table, fill it with the result of unidecode, then sort according to it.
Using a property to provide get/set methods could help in keeping the fields in sync.

Writing MySQL databases in Python using mySQLdb

So I have the following code, and it works:
for count in range(0,1000):
L=[random.randint(0, 127),random.randint(0, 127),random.randint(0, 127)]
random.randint(0, 127)
name=''.join(map(chr,L))
number=random.randint(0,1000)
x.execute('insert into testTable set name=(%s), number=(%s)', (name, number))
Above, x is just the cursor I made (obviously). I just create a random string from ASCII values and a random number and write it to my database (this was a purely BS example so that I knew it worked)/
Then,
I have in another script:
x.execute('insert into rooms set \
room_name=(%s),\
room_sqft=(%s),\
room_type=(%s),\
room_purpose=(%s) ,\
room_floor_number=(%s)',
(name, sqft, roomType, room_use_ranking, floor))
And I get a syntax error: invalid syntax on the first line, right at the x. part of x.execute.
What is different between the two lines? In the problem code, all arguments but name are ints (name is a string) that are gotten from a int(raw_input(...)) type prompt that catches bad input errors.
Clearly this works, but what is going wrong in the second piece of code?
Thanks,
nkk

There's a problem on the line BEFORE the x.execute. (x is unexpected at this point). Can you link more of the file?
Also, try this formatting, which can clear up this sort of thing by making the string one blob. (Your syntax highlighter should show it as one big multi-line string, too!)
sql = '''
INSERT INTO rooms
SET room_name=(%s),
room_sqft=(%s),
room_type=(%s),
room_purpose=(%s),
room_floor_number=(%s)
'''
x.execute(sql, (name, sqft, roomType, room_use_ranking, floor))