diff --git a/bin/addons/__init__.py b/bin/addons/__init__.py
index f4bd7c1e1e3..a7557448ad2 100644
--- a/bin/addons/__init__.py
+++ b/bin/addons/__init__.py
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ def load_modules(db, force_demo=False, status=None, update_module=False):
             has_updates = has_updates or r
 
         if has_updates:
-            cr.execute("""select model,name from ir_model where id not in (select model_id from ir_model_access)""")
+            cr.execute("""select model,name from ir_model where id NOT IN (select model_id from ir_model_access)""")
             for (model, name) in cr.fetchall():
                 logger.notifyChannel('init', netsvc.LOG_WARNING, 'object %s (%s) has no access rules!' % (model, name))
 
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index 4523899116f..cdf917692e8 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class act_window(osv.osv):
     ]
 
     def get_filters(self, cr, uid, model):
-        cr.execute('SELECT id FROM ir_act_window a WHERE a.id not IN (SELECT act_id FROM ir_act_window_user_rel) AND a.res_model=\''+model+'\' and a.filter=\'1\';')
+        cr.execute('SELECT id FROM ir_act_window a WHERE a.id NOT IN (SELECT act_id FROM ir_act_window_user_rel) AND a.res_model=\''+model+'\' and a.filter=\'1\';')
         all_ids = cr.fetchall()
         filter_ids =  map(lambda x:x[0],all_ids)
         act_ids = self.search(cr,uid,[('res_model','=',model),('filter','=',1),('default_user_ids','in',(','.join(map(str,[uid,])),))])
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class actions_server(osv.osv):
     def _select_signals(self, cr, uid, context={}):
         cr.execute("SELECT distinct w.osv, t.signal FROM wkf w, wkf_activity a, wkf_transition t \
         WHERE w.id = a.wkf_id  AND t.act_from = a.id OR t.act_to = a.id AND t.signal!='' \
-        AND t.signal not IN (null, NULL)")
+        AND t.signal NOT IN (null, NULL)")
         result = cr.fetchall() or []
         res = []
         for rs in result:
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
index 9accb03ea7c..086a3c3fe81 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class ir_model_access(osv.osv):
         if not grouparr:
             return False
 
-        cr.execute("select 1 from res_groups_users_rel where uid=%s and gid in(select res_id from ir_model_data where module=%s and name=%s)", (uid, grouparr[0], grouparr[1],))
+        cr.execute("select 1 from res_groups_users_rel where uid=%s and gid IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where module=%s and name=%s)", (uid, grouparr[0], grouparr[1],))
         return bool(cr.fetchone())
 
     def check_group(self, cr, uid, model, mode, group_ids):
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
index 7c476606632..6c64d024ab0 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_translation.py
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ class ir_translation(osv.osv):
                 'where lang=%s ' \
                     'and type=%s ' \
                     'and name=%s ' \
-                    'and res_id IN ('+','.join(map(str, ids))+')',
-                (lang,tt,name))
+                    'and res_id IN %s',
+                (lang,tt,name,tuple(ids),))
         cr.commit()
         for id in ids:
             self.create(cr, uid, {
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
index 49d96768d6a..c6b9cb9fcad 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_config.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class res_config_configurable(osv.osv_memory):
             todo_obj = todos.browse(cr, uid, active_todos[0], context=None)
             todo_groups = map(lambda x:x.id, todo_obj.groups_id)
             if todo_groups:
-                cr.execute("select 1 from res_groups_users_rel where uid=%s and gid=ANY(%s)",(uid, todo_groups,))
+                cr.execute("select 1 from res_groups_users_rel where uid=%s and gid IN %s",(uid, tuple(todo_groups),))
                 dont_skip_todo = bool(cr.fetchone())
             if dont_skip_todo:
                 return todos.browse(cr, uid, active_todos[0], context=None)
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index 61c0abee308..3a45bf855b6 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
                     for group in groups:
                         module = group.split(".")[0]
                         grp = group.split(".")[1]
-                        cr.execute("select count(*) from res_groups_users_rel where gid in (select res_id from ir_model_data where name=%s and module=%s and model=%s) and uid=%s"  \
+                        cr.execute("select count(*) from res_groups_users_rel where gid IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where name=%s and module=%s and model=%s) and uid=%s"  \
                                    (grp, module, 'res.groups', user))
                         readonly = cr.fetchall()
                         if readonly[0][0] >= 1:
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
         self.check_access_rule(cr, uid, ids, 'unlink', context=context)
         for sub_ids in cr.split_for_in_conditions(ids):
             cr.execute('delete from ' + self._table + ' ' \
-                       'where id in %s', (sub_ids,))
+                       'where id IN %s', (sub_ids,))
         for order, object, store_ids, fields in result_store:
             if object != self._name:
                 obj =  self.pool.get(object)
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
             self.check_access_rule(cr, user, ids, 'write', context=context)
             for sub_ids in cr.split_for_in_conditions(ids):
                 cr.execute('update ' + self._table + ' set ' + ','.join(upd0) + ' ' \
-                           'where id in %s', upd1 + [sub_ids])
+                           'where id IN %s', upd1 + [sub_ids])
 
             if totranslate:
                 # TODO: optimize
@@ -3603,7 +3603,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
         field_flag = False
         field_dict = {}
         if self._log_access:
-            cr.execute('select id,write_date from '+self._table+' where id IN ('+','.join(map(str, ids))+')')
+            cr.execute('select id,write_date from '+self._table+' where id IN %s',(tuple(ids),))
             res = cr.fetchall()
             for r in res:
                 if r[1]:
diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2txt/rml2txt.py b/bin/report/render/rml2txt/rml2txt.py
index 86362c57535..d4378c0749d 100755
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2txt/rml2txt.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2txt/rml2txt.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Font_size= 10.0
 def verbose(text):
     sys.stderr.write(text+"\n");
 
-class textbox():
+class textbox(object):
     """A box containing plain text.
     It can have an offset, in chars.
     Lines can be either text strings, or textbox'es, recursively.
diff --git a/doc/migrate/3.3.0-3.4.0/post.py b/doc/migrate/3.3.0-3.4.0/post.py
index dadab1a38d8..9cb3bc975c9 100644
--- a/doc/migrate/3.3.0-3.4.0/post.py
+++ b/doc/migrate/3.3.0-3.4.0/post.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ registered_reports = cr.fetchall()
 reg_reports_ids = ','.join([str(id) for (id,) in registered_reports])
 
 for report in reports_wh_duplicates:
-    cr.execute("select id from ir_act_report_xml where model=%s and report_name=%s and id not IN ("+reg_reports_ids+")", (report['model'], report['report_name']))
+    cr.execute("select id from ir_act_report_xml where model=%s and report_name=%s and id NOT IN ("+reg_reports_ids+")", (report['model'], report['report_name']))
     (id,) = cr.fetchone()
     cr.execute("delete from ir_act_report_xml where id=%d", (id,))
     cr.execute("delete from ir_values where value='ir.actions.report.xml,%d'", (id,))
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cr.commit()
 
 # this removes all transitions which are not registered in ir_model_data
 
-cr.execute("delete from wkf_transition where id not in (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='workflow.transition')")
+cr.execute("delete from wkf_transition where id NOT IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='workflow.transition')")
 cr.commit()
 
 # -------------------------------- #
diff --git a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post-tiny.py b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post-tiny.py
index f4d299f3763..5cbaa07f678 100644
--- a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post-tiny.py
+++ b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post-tiny.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ cr = db.cursor()
 # remove old menu #
 # --------------- #
 
-cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where (id not in (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id not in (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
+cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where (id NOT IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id not in (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
 cr.commit()
 
 # --------------- #
diff --git a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post.py b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post.py
index ba32be7d79d..fe3c931bbe6 100644
--- a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post.py
+++ b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/post.py
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ cr.commit()
 # --------------- #
 
 while True:
-    cr.execute("select id from ir_ui_menu where (id not IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id not IN (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
+    cr.execute("select id from ir_ui_menu where (id NOT IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id NOT IN (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
     if not cr.rowcount:
         break
-    cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where (id not IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id not IN (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
+    cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where (id NOT IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null)) and (id NOT IN (select res_id from ir_values where model='ir.ui.menu'))")
 cr.commit()
 
 # ----------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/pre.py b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/pre.py
index d3025f247a6..e665ab74bc9 100644
--- a/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/pre.py
+++ b/doc/migrate/3.4.0-4.0.0/pre.py
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ if not cr.rowcount:
 # --------------- #
 
 while True:
-    cr.execute("select id from ir_ui_menu where id not IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null) and id not IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='ir.ui.menu')")
+    cr.execute("select id from ir_ui_menu where id NOT IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null) and id NOT IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='ir.ui.menu')")
     if not cr.rowcount:
         break
-    cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where id not IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null) and id not IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='ir.ui.menu')")
+    cr.execute("delete from ir_ui_menu where id NOT IN (select parent_id from ir_ui_menu where parent_id is not null) and id NOT IN (select res_id from ir_model_data where model='ir.ui.menu')")
 cr.commit()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/doc/migrate/4.0.0-4.2.0/tiny/pre-tiny.py b/doc/migrate/4.0.0-4.2.0/tiny/pre-tiny.py
index f2485a24100..8efd4a88d1c 100644
--- a/doc/migrate/4.0.0-4.2.0/tiny/pre-tiny.py
+++ b/doc/migrate/4.0.0-4.2.0/tiny/pre-tiny.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ for c in res:
     res2 = cr.fetchone()
     cr.execute('SELECT id from res_country where code = %s', (c[0],))
     ids = ','.join(map(lambda x: str(x[0]), cr.fetchall()))
-    cr.execute('UPDATE res_partner_address set country_id = %d where country_id in ('+ids+')', (res2[0],))
+    cr.execute('UPDATE res_partner_address set country_id = %d where country_id IN ('+ids+')', (res2[0],))
     cr.execute('DELETE FROM res_country WHERE code = %s and id <> %d', (c[0], res2[0],))
 cr.commit()