Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:57:41)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>> import myserver
>>> newqry = myserver.myserver()
>>> newqry.sql("show tables", "mysql")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'myserver' object has no attribute 'sql'
>>>

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import MySQLdb

class myserver(object):
   "this is the server class, should be used to control things at a server level"

def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=3306, socket='', sql_user='backupuser', sql_pass=''):
   print "Server Initialised"

   def getconf(part):
      from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
      conf = "/etc/backup.cnf"
      config = ConfigParser()
      config.read(conf)
      item = config.get('backup', part)
      return item

   def _connect(self, db=''):
      if not self.__conn:
         self.__conn = MySQLdb.connect(host=self.host, port=self.port, unix_socket=self.socket, db=db, user=self.sql_user, passwd=self.sql_pass)
      elif db:
         self.__conn.select_db(db)

   def sql(self, command, db=''):
      self._connect(db)
      c = self.__conn.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
      c.execute(command)
      print "this got to here"