import MySQLdb

db = MySQLdb.connect(db='service')

c = db.cursor()

c.execute("""DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION trivial_func (radius float)
    RETURNS FLOAT

    BEGIN
    IF radius > 1 THEN
        RETURN 0.0;
    ELSE
        RETURN 1.0;
    END IF;
END //

DELIMITER ;""")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "proof.py", line 21, in <module>
    DELIMITER ;""")
  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.5-i386/egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 173, in execute
  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.5-i386/egg/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 35, in defaulterrorhandler
_mysql_exceptions.ProgrammingError: (1064, "You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DELIMITER //nCREATE FUNCTION trivial_func (radius float) n    RETURNS FLOATnn   ' at line 1")

CREATE FUNCTION trivial_func (radius float)
    RETURNS FLOAT

    BEGIN
    IF radius > 1 THEN
        RETURN 0.0; <-- does this semicolon terminate RETURN or CREATE FUNCTION?
    ELSE
        RETURN 1.0;
    END IF;
END