python-mysqlHow do I set up a remote connection to a MySQL database using Python?
To set up a remote connection to a MySQL database using Python, you need to:
- Install the MySQL connector for Python:
pip install mysql-connector-python
- Create a connection object:
import mysql.connector
mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="user",
passwd="password"
)
- Create a cursor object:
mycursor = mydb.cursor()
- Execute a query:
mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers")
- Fetch the results:
myresult = mycursor.fetchall()
- Iterate over the result set:
for x in myresult:
print(x)
- Close the connection:
mydb.close()
Code explanation
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pip install mysql-connector-python
- Install the MySQL connector for Python.import mysql.connector
- Import the MySQL connector module.mydb = mysql.connector.connect(host="localhost", user="user", passwd="password")
- Create a connection object to the MySQL database.mycursor = mydb.cursor()
- Create a cursor object to execute queries.mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers")
- Execute a query to select all data from the customers table.myresult = mycursor.fetchall()
- Fetch the results of the query.for x in myresult: print(x)
- Iterate over the result set and print each row.mydb.close()
- Close the connection to the database.
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