MySQL Connector/Python Release Notes
Syntax:
str = ccnx.escape_string(str_to_escape)
Uses the mysql_escape_string() C
API function to create an SQL string that you can use in an SQL
statement.
Raises a TypeError exception if the value does
not have a Unicode, bytes,
or (for Python 2) string type. Raises a
MySQLError exception if the string could not be
escaped.