Necessity of explicit cursor.close()

Question

From time to time, I\'m executing raw queries using connection.cursor() instead of using ORM (since it is definitely not a silver bullet).

I\'ve noticed that in seve

Answer 1

While the operating system can normally be relied upon to release resources, it's always good hygiene to close things like database connections to ensure resources are released when no longer required, the really important thing from a database point of view is to ensure that any changes are commit()ed.