db.py
========

The db module handles database connectivity.  The 
application usese MySQL for data storage, and the
*mysql.connector* library to interface between Python
and MySQL.

Examples from the documentation are located here_.

.. _here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-example-cursor-select.html

The basic flow:

-  Connect to the database 
-  Create a cursor from the connection
-  Define SQL statement
-  Execute the query (response is stored in the cursor)
-  Optionally commit the transaction (if it is an insert or update)
-  Close the connection
-  Return the results

.. automodule:: db 
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