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Insert first 3 elements of 2D array into MySql Database

I have a list with data such as
infoarray[['1.', 'Name1', 'details1, '...', '...', '....'], ['2.', 'Name2, 'details2', '...', '...', '...'], ['3.', 'Name3', 'details3', '...', '...', '...']...]
I simply want to add the first 3 entries into a database table with the format
[PLACE],[NAME],[DETAILS]
Should be relatively simple. The data is already sorted, I would just simply have to append the first 3 elements of each inner array into my database. I tried the following code but I am getting an error.
//using pymysql
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.executemany("""
INSERT INTO
myTable
(place, name, details)
VALUES
(%s, %s, %s)
""", infoarray)
db.commit()
cur.close()
conn.close()
The error is "TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting"
which is assume means that my formatting is wrong. I am relatively new to python, so I am very familiar with the nuances of using pymysql.

This happens because you are formatting 3 values in your query, but passing more than 3 elements per arra yitem.
Try changing your executemany call to:
cur.executemany("""
INSERT INTO
myTable
(place, name, details)
VALUES
(%s, %s, %s)
""", [a[:3] for a in infoarray])
This way you will get only the first 3 elements in each array item and pass it to executemany

SQLite with Python "Table has X columns but Y were supplied"

I have a python script that executes some simple SQL.
c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS simpletable (id integer PRIMARY KEY, post_body text, post_id text, comment_id text, url text);")
command = "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO simpletable VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')" % (comments[-1].post_body, comments[-1].post_id, comments[-1].comment_id,
comments[-1].url)
c.execute(command)
c.commit()
But when I execute it, I get an error
sqlite3.OperationalError: table simpletable has 5 columns but 4 values were supplied
Why is it not automatically filling in the id key?

In Python 3.6 I did as shown below and data was inserted successfully.
I used None for autoincrementing ID since Null was not found.
conn.execute("INSERT INTO CAMPAIGNS VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", (None, campaign_name, campaign_username, campaign_password))
The ID structure is as follows.
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL

If you don't specify the target columns VALUES is expected to provide values for all columns and that you didn't do.
INSERT
OR IGNORE INTO simpletable
(text,
post_id,
comment_id,
text)
VALUES ('%s',
'%s',
'%s',
'%s');
Specifying the target columns is advisable in any case. The query won't break, if, for any reason, the order of the columns in the tables changes.

try to specify the columns names to ensure that the destination of values doesn't depends on order.
ex:
INTO simpletable
(text,
post_id,
comment_id,
text)
And if you wants the id column to be automatically incremented make sure to add Identity property on, or similar auto increment of your dbms.
ex:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS simpletable (id integer PRIMARY KEY Identity(1,1),
and remember your script is not prepared to alter the table structure, only creation.

If you wrote code correctly delete your SQL file(name.db) and run your code again some time it solve the problem.
Imagine this is your code:
cursor.execute('''CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS food(name TEXT , price TEXT)''')
cursor.execute('INSERT INTO food VALUES ("burger" , "20")')
connection.commit()
and you see an error like this:
table has 1 column but 2 values were supplied
it happened because for example you create a file with one column and then you modify your file to two column but you don't change the file name so compiler do not over write it because it exist.

How to insert a list containing values seperated by comma into MySQL database using python

I have to insert a list having integer values into a column of MySQL database table using Python. First I tried
cur.execute("insert into time_Interval (name, time_interval_list) values (%s, %s)",\
# (user_name, interval_list))
Where "interval_list" is the list variable having values that I want to insert into "time_interval_list" column of "time_Interval" table. Code is working but does not insert the values. Then I tried this solution changing the code as
var_string = ','.join('?' * len(interval_list))
cur.execute("insert into time_Interval (name, time_interval_list) values (%s, %s)",\
(user_name, var_string))
Again, code was working fine but inserts a list of question mark. I am unable to find the solution.
How to do this correctly. Any suggestion will be appreciated

Try changing
var_string = ','.join('?' * len(interval_list))
to
var_string = ','.join(interval_list)

The following code helped me bulk insert data into a database table using Python.
You can first create a tuple of tuples from the data you want to insert as follows
var_string = ','.join(cur.mogrify("(%s,%s)", x).decode('utf-8') for x in interval_list)
The interval_list would include both name and time_interval_list values whehn creating the tuple of tuples. Then run exceute command giving the tuple of tuples as input to the values.
cur.execute("INSERT INTO time_Interval (name, time_interval_list) VALUES " + var_string)
This command bulk inserts data into a database table very quickly.

Python sqlite3 - operationalerror near "2017"

I'm new to programming. I have dictionary called record, that receives various inputs like 'Color', 'Type' 'quantity',etc. Now I tried to add a Date column then insert into sqlite table running through the 'if loop' with the code below. But I get an "Operational error near 2017", ie near the date.
Can anyone help please? Thanks in advance
Date = str(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
record['Date'] = Date
column = [record['Color'], Date]
values = [record['quantity'], record['Date']]
column = ','.join(column)
if record['Type'] == 'T-Shirts' and record['Style'] == 'Soft':
stment = ("INSERT INTO xtrasmall (%s) values(?)" %column)
c.execute(stment, values)
conn.commit()

Updated
You can simplify the code as follows:
from datetime import datetime
date = datetime.now().date()
sql = "INSERT INTO xtrasmall (%s, Date) values (?, ?)" % record['Color']
c.execute(sql, (record['quantity'], date))
This substitutes the value of the selected color directly into the column names in the query string. Then the query is executed passing the quantity and date string as arguments. The date should automatically be converted to a string, but you could convert with str() if desired.
This does assume that the other colour columns have a default value (presumably 0), or permit null values.
Original answer
Because you are constructing the query with string interpolation (i.e. substituting %s for a string) your statement becomes something like this:
INSERT INTO xtrasmall (Red,2017-10-06) values(?)
which is not valid because 2017-10-06 is not a valid column name. Print out stment before executing it to see.
If you know what the column names are just specify them in the query:
values = ['Red', 2, Date]
c.execute("INSERT INTO xtrasmall (color, quantity, date) values (?, ?, ?)", values)
conn.commit()
You need to use a ? for each column that you are inserting.
It looks like you want to insert the dictionary using its keys and values. This can be done like this:
record = {'date':'2017-10-06', 'color': 'Red', 'quantity': 2}
columns = ','.join(record.keys())
placeholders = ','.join('?' * len(record.values()))
sql = 'INSERT INTO xtrasmall ({}) VALUES ({})'.format(columns, placeholders)
c.execute(sql, record.values())
This code will generate the parameterised SQL statement:
INSERT INTO xtrasmall (date,color,quantity) VALUES (?,?,?)
and then execute it using the dictionary's values as the parameters.

use only variables to model an sqlite table with python

I'm practicing in SQLite and Python. I'm trying to build a TABLE using only user prompts as database objects. After some extensive searches (official documentation says nothing about this kind of syntax-please correct me!) I found this method:
new_table = raw_input('Enter a table name: ')
column = raw_input('Enter column name: ')
cur.execute(''' CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {tn} ({col})'''\
.format(tn = new_table, col = column))
It works very nice and I find it intuitive. My problem is with INSERT INTO syntax. While the following code works ok:
cur.execute("INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES (?)", ('goodmorning')\
.format(tn=new_table, col=column))
This code below, won't work:
insdata = raw_input('Insert data for column: ')
cur.execute("INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES (?)", (insdata,)\
.format(tn=new_table, col=column))
and fails with error: 'tuple' object has no attribute format.
Question is: what is the proper syntax to assign insdata value to SQLite VALUES?

If you write this is a slightly clearer fashion, you'll see what's going on:
cur.execute(
"INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES (?)",
(insdata,).format(tn=new_table, col=column)
)
You're not formatting the string, you're formatting the a tuple of arguments. Instead, you want:
cur.execute(
"INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES (?)".format(tn=new_table, col=column),
(insdata,)
)
or perhaps a little more clearly :
sql = "INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES (?)".format(tn=new_table, col=column)
cur.execute(sql, (insdata,))
In this case your line continuation character is not needed at all (since you're inside a function call) but if it were needed it would make much more sense to position it between arguments rather than between an object and the method invocation on the object.

I think you are invoking format method of tuple (which appears not to have one) instead of a string with SQL query:
cur.execute("INSERT INTO {tn} ({col}) VALUES ({val})".format(tn=new_table,col=column,val='goodmorning'))