Connect to Oracle database using SQLALCHEMY

Question

I am able to successfully connect to a sqlite database and access a particular table using the set of commands below.

from sqlalchemy import create_engine, M         


        

Answer 1

from sqlalchemy import create_engine
import cx_Oracle

host=hostname
port=port
sid='sid'
user='username'
password='password'
sid = cx_Oracle.makedsn(host, port, sid=sid)

cstr = 'oracle://{user}:{password}@{sid}'.format(
    user=user,
    password=password,
    sid=sid
)

engine =  create_engine(
    cstr,
    convert_unicode=False,
    pool_recycle=10,
    pool_size=50,
    echo=True
)

result = engine.execute('select * from TABLE')

for row in result:
    print row

This worked for me. A connection object can also be created like

conn = engine.connect()
conn.close()

which will enable to close the connection. This works even if you have a tunnel to your remote DB from your local port.