How to connect to oracle database with python?

by ryan.murray , in category: Third Party Scripts , 10 days ago

How to connect to oracle database with python?

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by dedrick , 9 days ago

@ryan.murray 

To connect to an Oracle database with Python, you can use the cx_Oracle module. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to do it:

  1. Install the cx_Oracle module by running the following command in your terminal: pip install cx_Oracle
  2. Import the cx_Oracle module in your Python script: import cx_Oracle
  3. Establish a connection to the Oracle database by providing the connection details (username, password, host, port, and database name) in the cx_Oracle.connect() function: conn = cx_Oracle.connect('username/password@host:port/database')
  4. Create a cursor object to execute SQL queries on the database: cursor = conn.cursor()
  5. Execute SQL queries using the cursor object: cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM table_name") rows = cursor.fetchall() for row in rows: print(row)
  6. Close the cursor and connection objects once you are done with your queries: cursor.close() conn.close()


That's it! You have successfully connected to an Oracle database with Python and executed SQL queries. Remember to handle exceptions and errors that may occur during the connection and query execution process.