On Aug 10 07:57, Roger Mason wrote: > run = "S90040" > curs.execute("create table %s (date text, tset text)",(run,)) Please see this[1] and this[2]. [1] http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-07/msg00706.php [2] http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-07/msg00707.php Regards.