excellent; thanks! On Monday, September 29, 2008 4:48:18 PM UTC-5, Tom H wrote: > > Depending on security preferences, it may be desirable to keep > database passwords out of code files. > > One of the recommendations for MySQL is to keep the password in > a .my.cnf file accessible only to the user. > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/password-security.html > > To use the .my.cnf password in sqlalchemy, do something like the > following: > > from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL > myDB = URL(drivername='mysql', host='localhost', > database='my_database_name', > query={ 'read_default_file' : '/path/to/.my.cnf' } ) > engine = create_engine(name_or_url=myDB) > # use the engine as usual, no password needed in your code file :) > > This has been very useful to me, hopefully others find it helpful as > well.
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