I would learn basic, commandline SQL first and get comfortable creating tables, querying your dbs etc. THEN, add Python. Otherwise you spin your wheels not knowing whether it's your use of the Python modules or your bad SQL commands that are fouling things up.
http://sqlcourse.com/intro.html or I recommend Chris Fehily's SQL 2nd Ed. Great book, and cheap. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
