Data plays a crucial role in application development. It plays such a crucial role that there are people called Database Administrators that specialize in just organizing the data. The traditional database used to be, and often still is, a relational database. MySQL is one of the most popular relational databases and is backed by the Oracle corporation as well. This provides the developer with a variety of online resources.
Create a Python Application using MySQL
Create a Python Application using MySQL
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Instructor: David Dalsveen
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Create the MySQL Database Table
Insert Data into the MySQL database
Modify a MySQL table Row using Update
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Read Data from a File for MySQL insertion
Create MySQL Database
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Retrieve data from the MySQL Table using Select
Change a MySQL Table Entry using Update
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