Python & MySQL - Create Table

Python uses c.execute(q) function to create a table where c is cursor and q is the query to be executed.

Syntax

# execute SQL query using execute() method.
cursor.execute(sql)

Example

Try the following example to create a table −

Copy and paste the following example as mysql_example.ty −

#!/usr/bin/python

import MySQLdb

# Open database connection
db = MySQLdb.connect("localhost","root","root@123", "TUTORIALS")

# prepare a cursor object using cursor() method
cursor = db.cursor()

sql = """CREATE TABLE tutorials_tbl( 
            tutorial_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
            tutorial_title VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
            tutorial_author VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
            submission_date DATE,
            PRIMARY KEY ( tutorial_id )); """;

# execute SQL query using execute() method.
cursor.execute(sql)

print( tutorials_tbl created )

# disconnect from server
db.close()

Output

Execute the mysql_example.py script using python and verify the output.

tutorials_tbl created