How do I create a CSV file from database in Python?

Question

I have a Sqlite 3 and/or MySQL table named \"clients\"..

Using python 2.6, How do I create a csv file named Clients100914.csv with headers? excel dialect...

Answer 1

You can easily create it manually, writing a file with a chosen separator. You can also use csv module.

If it's from database you can alo just use a query from your sqlite client :

sqlite  < queryfile.sql > output.csv

Which will create a csv file with tab separator.