Using a variable in a try,catch,finally statement without declaring it outside

Question

I\'m pretty new to Python, here is some code I am looking at:

try:
    connection = getConnection(database)
    cursor = connection.cursor()
    cursor.execu         


        

Answer 1

Python does not have block scope. Anything defined inside the try block will be available outside.

That said, you would still have a problem: if it is the getConnection() call that raises the error, cursor will be undefined, so the reference in the finally block will error.