What does MySQL Connector Connect do?

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connect() Method. This method sets up a connection, establishing a session with the MySQL server. If no arguments are given, it uses the already configured or default values.

What is MySQL Connector used for?

MySQL Connectors provide connectivity to the MySQL server for client programs. APIs provide low-level access to MySQL resources using either the classic MySQL protocol or X Protocol.

Is MySQL Connector necessary?

This is necessary because each make of database server has its own specific protocol for transporting requests to, and results from, the server to application programs. Don't worry about matching connector and server versions unless your server is really ancient (v4 or earlier).

What does MySQL Connector Connect return?

The connect() constructor creates a connection to the MySQL server and returns a MySQLConnection object.

Why do we use MySQL Connector in Python?

MySQL Connector/Python enables Python programs to access MySQL databases, using an API that is compliant with the Python Database API Specification v2. 0 (PEP 249). For notes detailing the changes in each release of Connector/Python, see MySQL Connector/Python Release Notes.

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