Instance one: fetch the version of mysql database

#!/usr/bin/env python
#--*-- coding:utf-8 --*--
__author__ = 'Kevin'

import MySQLdb as mdb

con = None

try:
con = mdb.connect('localhost','root','redhat','test')
cur = con.cursor()

cur.execute("SELECT VERSION()")
data = cur.fetchone()
print "Database version: %s" % data
finally:
if con:
con.close()