John Salerno wrote:
> Since the connect method of mysqldb requires a database name, it seems
> like you can't use it without having a database already created. So is
> there a way to connect to your mysql server (without a specified
> database) in order to create a new database (i.e., the CREATE DATABASE
> query)?
>
> Thanks.
In every MySQL library I have ever seen, the database parameter is
optional. You may either omit it or pass an empty string. It is just a
shortcut so the application does not need to send a "USE" command to
select the active database.
>>>import MySQLdb
>>>db = MySQLdb.connect("host","username","password")
>>>c = db.cursor()
To get the currently selected database:
>>>c.execute("SELECT DATABASE()")
1L
>>>c.fetchall()
((None,),)
^^^
None (NULL) indicates no currently selected database.
To set the default database:
>>>c.execute("USE mysql")
0L
Getting the database again:
>>>c.execute("SELECT DATABASE()")
1L
>>>c.fetchall()
(('mysql',),)
^^^
A string indicates that a database is currently selected.
Hope this helps.
--
Jesse Hager
email = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".decode("rot13")
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
