try: import oursql as mysqldb except ImportError: import MySQLdb as mysqldb class MYSQL_RED: def __init__( self, db_hostname, db_username, db_password, db_name ): """ Opens a connection to MySQL-DB @returns mysql-stream MySQL Connection """ self.__connection = mysqldb.connect( host=db_hostname, user=db_username, passwd=db_password, db=db_name ) def close( self ): """ Before deleting instance, close connection to MySQL-DB """ self.__connection.close()