creating database in python

Question

I have installed mysql for python and running python from command line. I am getting syntax error while creating a database.

>>> import MySQLdb
>>> CREATE DATABASE chom;

  File "<stdin>", line 1

    CREATE DATABASE chom;
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Answer 1

CREATE DATABASE chom; this should be run from the MySQL command line client, not from the Python shell.

So, first type mysql -u yourusername -p from your command line. It will ask you for a password, type it in. Then you will get a prompt like this mysql>. Here is where you would type that query.

Now, if you want to do this through Python, you can, but it will require some more work.

>>> import MySQLdb as db
>>> con = db.connect(user="foo", passwd="secret")
>>> cur = con.cursor()
>>> cur.execute('CREATE DATABASE chom;')

See this guide for some examples on how to work with Python and MySQL using the standard DB API.