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id: 5e9a093a74c4063ca6f7c163
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title: Reading Data from Databases
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challengeType: 11
videoId: MtgXS1MofRw
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dashedName: reading-data-from-databases
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# --description--
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*Instead of using notebooks.ai like it shows in the video, you can use Google Colab instead.*
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More resources:
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- [Notebooks on GitHub ](https://github.com/ine-rmotr-curriculum/RDP-Reading-Data-with-Python-and-Pandas )
- [How to open Notebooks from GitHub using Google Colab. ](https://colab.research.google.com/github/googlecolab/colabtools/blob/master/notebooks/colab-github-demo.ipynb )
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# --question--
## --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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