#!/usr/bin/env python import code, re if __name__ == '__main__': import MySQLdb db = MySQLdb.connect( host='server', user='root', passwd="root", db="dms_training" ) print "AVAILABLE:" cursor = db.cursor() cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES") tables = cursor.fetchall() for table in tables: print ' %s' % table print "Database available as 'db'" code.interact(local=locals())