MySQLdb Python insert %d and %s

I found a solution on dev.mysql.com. In short, use a dict, not a tuple in the second parameter of .execute():

add_salary = ("INSERT INTO salaries "
              "(emp_no, salary, from_date, to_date) "
              "VALUES (%(emp_no)s, %(salary)s, %(from_date)s, %(to_date)s)")

data_salary = {
  'emp_no': emp_no,
  'salary': 50000,
  'from_date': tomorrow,
  'to_date': date(9999, 1, 1),
}

cursor.execute(add_salary, data_salary)

As the whole query needs to be in a string format while execution of query so %s should be used...

After query is executed integer value is retained.

So your line should be.

.execute("INSERT INTO table VALUES(%s,%s)", (int(id), string))

Explanation is here

The format string is not really a normal Python format string. You must always use %s for all fields