Ett exempel på lagom bra databasaccess

    import MySQLdb
    import string
    from constants import DB, USER, PASS, UNIX_SOCKET
    
    def _db_login(relogin = 0):
        """Login to the database
        """
    
        global DB_CONN
    
        if relogin:
            DB_CONN = MySQLdb.connect(db=DB, user=USER, passwd=PASS,
                                      unix_socket=UNIX_SOCKET)
            return DB_CONN
        else:
            try:
                d = DB_CONN
                return d
    
            except NameError:
                DB_CONN = MySQLdb.connect(db=DB, user=USER, passwd=PASS,
                                          unix_socket=UNIX_SOCKET)
                return DB_CONN