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Inputs

The query function of MysqlProvider takes the following arguments:

  • query (str): A string containing the query to be executed against the MySQL database.
  • single_row (bool, optional): If True, the function will return only the first result.

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Outputs

The query function returns either a list or a tuple of results, depending on whether single_row was set to True or not. If single_row was True, then the function returns a single result.

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Authentication Parameters

The following authentication parameters are used to connect to the MySQL database:

  • username (str): The MySQL username.
  • password (str): The MySQL password.
  • host (str): The MySQL hostname.
  • database (str, optional): The name of the MySQL database.

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Connecting with the Provider

In order to connect to the MySQL database, you will need to create a new user with the required permissions. Here’s how you can do this:

  1. Connect to the MySQL server as a user with sufficient privileges to create a new user.
  2. Run the following command to create a new user: CREATE USER '<username>'@'<host>' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
  3. Grant the necessary permissions to the new user by running the following command: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <database>.* TO '<username>'@'<host>';

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Notes