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id: 5e9a093a74c4063ca6f7c163
title: Reading Data from Databases
challengeType: 11
videoId: MtgXS1MofRw
dashedName: reading-data-from-databases
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# --description--

*Instead of using notebooks.ai like it shows in the video, you can use Google Colab instead.*

More resources:

-   [Notebooks on GitHub](https://github.com/ine-rmotr-curriculum/RDP-Reading-Data-with-Python-and-Pandas/tree/master/unit-1-reading-data-with-python-and-pandas/lesson-11-reading-data-from-relational-databases/files)
-   [How to open Notebooks from GitHub using Google Colab.](https://colab.research.google.com/github/googlecolab/colabtools/blob/master/notebooks/colab-github-demo.ipynb)

# --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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