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Syntax:
MySQLConnection.connect(**kwargs)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. For a complete list of possible arguments, seeSection 7.1, “Connector/Python Connection Arguments”.
Arguments:
kwargs: Connection arguments.
Example:
cnx = MySQLConnection(user='joe', database='test') For a connection obtained from a conection pool, the connection object class isPooledMySQLConnection. A pooled connection differs from an unpooled connection as described inSection 9.5, “Connector/Python Connection Pooling”.