3.6 Selecting and opening the table in mysql

 Selecting and opening the table: -

  • To view the records from the table, we use “SELECT” statement.
  • Import mysql.connector.
  • Connect to MySQL database using connect( ) method.
  • Create a cursor( ) object then pass SQL select query command as a string to the execute( ) method.
  • Use fetchall( ) of cursor object to display all records in table.


  • To display all records from table, we use for loop in python.


  • The SQL command to select all the records from the table in database with python code is:

                Example: -


                     output: -


  • To display specific records from table, we use where clause. It filters the data as per the condition. We can fetch, delete or update a set of data in MySQL database.

  • The SQL command to select specific records from the table in database with python code is:



                       output: -




Using the ORDER BY clause: -


  • Order By clause is used to arrange the results set in either ascending or descending order.
  • By default, it is ascending order unless “DESC” is mentioned which is arrange the results in descending order.



  • The SQL command to arrange the records in order with python code is:

                Example: -



                        Output: -




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