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Two libraries for Mysql.
I’ve always used _mysql because it’s simpler.
Can anyone tell me the difference, and why I should use which one in certain occasions?
MySQLdb uses DB-API (described in PEP 249) which should be preferred, since it’s common to all database drivers. IMHO there is no advantage in going low-level with
_mysql. I’d rather think of using higher level libraries, like SQLAlchemy, instead.