import MySQLdb as mdb import sys class Mysql(): def __init__(self): self.con = mdb.connect('127.0.0.1', 'shippable', '', 'project-test') def populate(self): try: con = self.con cur = con.cursor() cur.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS messages;") cur.execute("CREATE TABLE messages(message varchar(200));") cur.execute("insert into messages(message) VALUES('this is test message 1');") cur.execute("INSERT INTO messages(message) VALUES('this is test message 2');") cur.execute("INSERT INTO messages(message) VALUES('this is test message 3');") cur.execute("INSERT INTO messages(message) VALUES('this is test message 4');") cur.execute("INSERT INTO messages(message) VALUES('this is test message 5');") con.commit() except mdb.Error, e: print "Error %d: %s" % (e.args[0],e.args[1]) sys.exit(1) finally: self.disconnect() def rowcount(self): try: con = self.reconnect() cur = con.cursor() cur.execute("select * from messages;") cnt = cur.fetchall() return len(cnt) except mdb.Error, e: print "Error %d: %s" % (e.args[0],e.args[1]) sys.exit(1) finally: self.disconnect() def reconnect(self): self.con = mdb.connect('127.0.0.1', 'shippable', '', 'project-test') return self.con def disconnect(self): if self.con: self.con.close() if __name__ == '__main__': mysql = Mysql() mysql.populate() mysql.rowcount()