CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

mysql connector select

import mysql.connector

db = mysql.connector.connect(option_files='my.conf', use_pure=True)

cursor = db.cursor()

sql = """
select * from town limit 5
"""

try:
    cursor.execute(sql)

    for row in cursor:
        print(row)


    cursor.close()
    db.close()

except mysql.connector.ProgrammingError as err:
    print(err.errno)
    print(err.sqlstate)
    print(err.msg)

except mysql.connector.Error as err:
    print(err)