Can SQLAlchemy create a database?

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Creating and Inserting Data into Tables By passing the database which is not present, to the engine then sqlalchemy automatically creates a new database.

Is SQLAlchemy a database?

It's not a database, but a library for handling databases, or as they put it: SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL. The file based dialect is SQLite.

What database does SQLAlchemy use?

Since SQLAlchemy relies on the DBAPI specification to interact with databases, the most common database management systems available are supported. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and SQLite are all examples of engines that we can use alongside with SQLAlchemy.

Is SQLAlchemy good for ETL?

One of the key aspects of any data science workflow is the sourcing, cleaning, and storing of raw data in a form that can be used upstream. This process is commonly referred to as “Extract-Transform-Load,” or ETL for short.

Is SQLAlchemy same as MySQL?

So basically SQLAlchemy gives you the tools to access SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and SQLite Mysql etc, and query them in a pythonic way. There is this good link on the internet to find out the difference between PostgreSQL and SQLite.

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