How do cursors work in Python's DB-API?

Question

I have been using python with RDBMS\' (MySQL and PostgreSQL), and I have noticed that I really do not understand how to use a cursor.

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Answer 1

Assuming you're using PostgreSQL, the cursors probably are just implemented using the database's native cursor API. You may want to look at the source code for pg8000, a pure Python PostgreSQL DB-API module, to see how it handles cursors. You might also like to look at the PostgreSQL documentation for cursors.