How to retrieve SQL result column value using column name in Python?

Question

Is there a way to retrieve SQL result column value using column name instead of column index in Python? I\'m using Python 3 with mySQL. The syntax I\'m looking for is pretty

Answer 1

Of course there is. In Python 2.7.2+...

import MySQLdb as mdb
con =  mdb.connect('localhost', 'user', 'password', 'db');
cur = con.cursor()
cur.execute('SELECT Foo, Bar FROM Table')
for i in range(int(cur.numrows)):
    foo, bar = cur.fetchone()
    print 'foo = %s' % foo
    print 'bar = %s' % bar