python-mysqlHow do I increase the max_allowed_packet size in MySQL using Python?

The max_allowed_packet size in MySQL can be increased using Python through the use of the MySQL Connector/Python library.

To increase the max_allowed_packet size, the following code can be used:

import mysql.connector

mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
  host="localhost",
  user="yourusername",
  passwd="yourpassword",
  database="mydatabase"
)

mycursor = mydb.cursor()

mycursor.execute("SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet=524288000")

This code will set the max_allowed_packet size to 500MB.

The code consists of the following parts:

• import mysql.connector: This imports the MySQL Connector/Python library.
• mydb = mysql.connector.connect(host="localhost", user="yourusername", passwd="yourpassword", database="mydatabase"): This creates a connection to the MySQL database.
• mycursor = mydb.cursor(): This creates a cursor object to execute SQL queries.
• mycursor.execute("SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet=524288000"): This sets the max_allowed_packet size to 500MB.

Helpful links

• MySQL Connector/Python Documentation
• MySQL Documentation - max_allowed_packet

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