Creating a database connection in Python using SQLite

Question

I am new at SQLite in Python and I am trying to create a database connection.

I have the following as a datbase location:

E:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf (i think) 

The database is called FTHeader. However, when I try it i get an error saying unable to open database file

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Pick your poison from here and import the module as db and the following should sort you, cribbing from PEP 249 :

import adodbapi as db
import adodbapi.ado_consts as db.consts
Cfg={‘server’:’192.168.29.86\\eclexpress’,‘password’:‘xxxx’,‘db’:‘pscitemp’}
constr = r”Provider=SQLOLEDB.1; Initial Catalog=%s; Data Source=%s; user ID=%s; Password=%s; “ \
% (Cfg['db'], Cfg['server'], ‘sa’, Cfg['password'])
conn=db.connect(constr)

You should now be connected to your database after replacing the Cfg dictionary to match your installation.

Answer 2

I have created a database when completing a controlled assesment, here is the code that I have used:

import sqlite3

new_db = sqlite3.connect ('R:\\subjects\\Computing & ICT\\Student Area\\Y11\\Emilyc\\results1.db')
c=new_db.cursor()
c.execute('''CREATE TABLE results1
(
    results1_name text,
    results1_class number,
    quiz_score number)
    ''')

#Class 1
c.execute('''INSERT INTO results1
VALUES ('John Watson','1','5')''')