PostgreSQL is an actively developed and mature open source database. Using the psycopg2
module, we can execute queries on the database.
pip install psycopg2
Lets assume we have a table my_table
in the database my_database
defined as follows.
id | first_name | last_name |
---|---|---|
1 | John | Doe |
We can use the psycopg2
module to run queries on the database in the following fashion.
import psycopg2
# Establish a connection to the existing database 'my_database' using
# the user 'my_user' with password 'my_password'
con = psycopg2.connect("host=localhost dbname=my_database user=my_user password=my_password")
# Create a cursor
cur = con.cursor()
# Insert a record into 'my_table'
cur.execute("INSERT INTO my_table(id, first_name, last_name) VALUES (2, 'Jane', 'Doe');")
# Commit the current transaction
con.commit()
# Retrieve all records from 'my_table'
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM my_table;")
results = cur.fetchall()
# Close the database connection
con.close()
# Print the results
print(results)
# OUTPUT: [(1, 'John', 'Doe'), (2, 'Jane', 'Doe')]