#!/usr/bin/python import psycopg2 def main(): try: conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname='dblp' user='<YOUR USER NAME>' host='localhost' password=''") except psycopg2.Error, e: print "I am unable to connect to the database" cur = conn.cursor() cur.execute("SELECT * FROM author LIMIT 10") rows = cur.fetchall() print "Showing first 10 results:\n" for row in rows: print row[0], row[1] if __name__ == "__main__": main()