def read_mysql_database(table, column):
    log.debug( f'read_mysql_database() called with ({table}, {column})')
    try:
        connection = mysql.connector.connect(user=system_info.mysql_username,
                                      password=system_info.mysql_password,
                                      host=system_info.mysql_servername,
                                      database=system_info.mysql_database)
        cursor = connection.cursor(buffered=True)
        cursor.execute(("SELECT %s FROM %s") % (column, table))
        for data in cursor:
            database_value = (data[0])
            return database_value
        cursor.close()
        connection.close()
    except Error as error :
        log.warning("Failed to read record from database: {}".format(error))
        exit()