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MySQL and Python Connectivity

This document discusses how to connect to a MySQL database from Python. It covers installing the MySQL connector library for Python, connecting to a MySQL database from Python, creating databases and tables in MySQL using Python scripts, altering tables, and inserting data into tables. Examples are provided for each task.

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MySQL and Python Connectivity

This document discusses how to connect to a MySQL database from Python. It covers installing the MySQL connector library for Python, connecting to a MySQL database from Python, creating databases and tables in MySQL using Python scripts, altering tables, and inserting data into tables. Examples are provided for each task.

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Install MySQL Connector Library for Python

For Python 2.7 or lower install using pip as:

pip install mysql-connector

For Python 3 or higher version install using pip3 as:

pip3 install mysql-connector

Test the MySQL Database connection with Python


To test database connection here we use pre-installed MySQL connector and pass credentials
into connect() function like host, username and password.

Syntax to access MySQL with Python:

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="hostname",
user="username",
passwd="password"
)

Example,

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="root",
passwd="root"
)
print(db_connection)

Output:

<mysql.connector.connection.MySQLConnection object at 0x000002338A4C6B00>

Here output shows the connection created successfully.

Creating Database in MySQL using Python


Syntax to Create new database in SQL is

CREATE DATABASE "database_name"

Now we create database using Python in MySQL

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host= "localhost",
user= "root",
passwd= "root"
)
# creating database_cursor to perform SQL operation
db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
# executing cursor with execute method and pass SQL query
db_cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE my_first_db")
# get list of all databases
db_cursor.execute("SHOW DATABASES")
#print all databases
for db in db_cursor:
print(db)

Output:

Here above image shows the my_first_db database is created

Create a Table in MySQL with Python


Let's create a simple table "student" which has two columns.

SQL Syntax:

CREATE TABLE student (id INT, name VARCHAR(255))

Example:

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="root",
passwd="root",
database="my_first_db"
)
db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
#Here creating database table as student'
db_cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE student (id INT, name VARCHAR(255))")
#Get database table'
db_cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
for table in db_cursor:
print(table)
Output:

('student',)

Create a Table with Primary Key


Let's create an Employee table with three different columns. We will add a primary key in id
column with AUTO_INCREMENT constraint

SQL Syntax,

CREATE TABLE employee(id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255),


salary INT(6))

Example,

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="root",
passwd="root",
database="my_first_db"
)
db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
#Here creating database table as employee with primary key
db_cursor.execute("CREATE TABLE employee(id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(255), salary INT(6))")
#Get database table
db_cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
for table in db_cursor:
print(table)

Output:

('employee',) ('student',)

ALTER table in MySQL with Python


Alter command is used for modification of Table structure in SQL. Here we will alter
Student table and add a primary key to the id field.

SQL Syntax,

ALTER TABLE student MODIFY id INT PRIMARY KEY

Example,

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="root",
passwd="root",
database="my_first_db"
)
db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
#Here we modify existing column id
db_cursor.execute("ALTER TABLE student MODIFY id INT PRIMARY KEY")

Output:

Here below you can see the id column is modified.

Insert Operation with MySQL in Python:


Let's perform insertion operation in MySQL Database table which we already create. We will
insert data oi STUDENT table and EMPLOYEE table.

SQL Syntax,

INSERT INTO student (id, name) VALUES (01, "John")


INSERT INTO employee (id, name, salary) VALUES(01, "John", 10000)

Example,

import mysql.connector
db_connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
user="root",
passwd="root",
database="my_first_db"
)
db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
student_sql_query = "INSERT INTO student(id,name) VALUES(01, 'John')"
employee_sql_query = " INSERT INTO employee (id, name, salary) VALUES (01,
'John', 10000)"
#Execute cursor and pass query as well as student data
db_cursor.execute(student_sql_query)
#Execute cursor and pass query of employee and data of employee
db_cursor.execute(employee_sql_query)
db_connection.commit()
print(db_cursor.rowcount, "Record Inserted")

Output:

2 Record Inserted

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