str object not callable (sqlite3)

Question

i keep getting the following when i run my program.

    look_date = "01-02-2018"
    cur.execute("SELECT item_id FROM hirers WHERE start_date=?," 
    (str(look_date),))
    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Answer 1

You can modify your code like this:

cur.execute("SELECT item_id FROM hirers WHERE start_date=?," 
((look_date,))

Answer 2

You have probably overwritten str with a variable named str, presumably another string.