MySQLdb - Check if row exists Python

Question

I am trying to check if a row exist with the same Name my database with python and can\'t quite get it here is what I am trying: (I know the connection is wokring)

Answer 1

If you want to check for empty results, try if cur.description is None:

if cursor.description is None:
    # No recordset for INSERT, UPDATE, CREATE, etc
    pass
else:
    # Recordset for SELECT

As well as:

exist = cursor.fetchone()
if exist is None:
  ... # does not exist
else:
  ... # exists

If you are running a statement that would never return a result set (such as INSERT without RETURNING, or SELECT ... INTO), then you do not need to call .fetchall(); there won't be a result set for such statements. Calling .execute() is enough to run the statement.