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id: 5e9a093a74c4063ca6f7c163
title: Reading Data from Databases
challengeType: 11
videoId: MtgXS1MofRw
bilibiliIds:
aid: 890546354
bvid: BV1JP4y1h7gk
cid: 409020851
dashedName: reading-data-from-databases
---
# --description--
*Instead of using notebooks.ai like it shows in the video, you can use Google Colab instead.*
More resources:
- <a href="https://github.com/krishnatray/RDP-Reading-Data-with-Python-and-Pandas" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Notebooks on GitHub</a>
- <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/googlecolab/colabtools/blob/master/notebooks/colab-github-demo.ipynb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">How to open Notebooks from GitHub using Google Colab.</a>
# --questions--
## --text--
What method does a `Cursor` instance have and what does it allow?
## --answers--
The `Cursor` instance has a `.run()` method which allows you to run SQL queries.
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The `Cursor` instance has a `.select()` method which allows you to select records.
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The `Cursor` instance has an `.execute()` method which will receive SQL parameters to run against the database.
## --video-solution--
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