Add notes on connecting to SQL dbs with Python

Author: gerhynes

README.md

@@ -3023,3 +3023,14 @@ You can run a SQL file using `.read file_name.sql` inside Sqlite.
 `SELECT * from table_name WHERE column_name IS NOT value AND column_name2 IS NOT value2;`
 
 `SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE %value%`;
+
+### Connecting to a Database with Python
+
+Python comes with a built-in library to communicate with Sqlite.
+
+```python
+import sqlite3
+conn = sqlite3.connect("example.db")
+```
+
+

python_sql/friends.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import sqlite3
+conn = sqlite3.connect("my_friends.db")
+# create cursor object
+c = conn.cursor()
+# execute some sql
+# c.execute("CREATE TABLE friends (first_name TEXT, last_name TEXT, closeness INTEGER);")
+# insert_query = "INSERT INTO friends VALUES ('Merry', 'Brandybuck', 7);"
+# form_first = "Dana"
+# query = f"INSERT INTO friends (first_name) VALUES (?)"
+# c.execute(query, (form_first,))
+
+data = ("Steve", "Irwin", 9)
+query = "INSERT INTO friends VALUES (?,?,?)"
+c.execute(query, data)
+# commit changes
+conn.commit()
+conn.close()