# To connect to mariadb you would need to conda install the mysql-connector-python package
import mysql.connector as mariadb

# Connect to the DB
connection = mariadb.connect(
    user='USERNAME',
    password='PASSWORD',
    database='employees',
    host='HOSTNAME_OF_MARIADB'
)
cursor = connection.cursor()

# Execute the query
cursor.execute("SELECT first_name, last_name FROM employees LIMIT 20")

# Loop through the results
for first_name, last_name in cursor:
    print(f'First name: {first_name}, Last name: {last_name}')