Chapter 1. Getting Up and Running with MySQL for Python
It may seem rather unnecessary to start a book on MySQL for Python with a chapter on setting it up. There are, in fact, several ways to get MySQL for Python in a place such that your local Python installation can use it. Which one you use will depend as much on your familiarity with your operating system and with Python itself, as it will on which operating system and version of Python you are running.
In this chapter we will cover the following:
Where you can get MySQL for Python
Installing MySQL for Python
Importing the module into your programs
Accessing online help about the MySQL for Python API and its accompanying modules
How to connect to a database
How to create a MySQL cursor proxy within your Python program
How to close the database connection from Python
How to access multiple databases within one program
