shows name connection not defined

Question

hello guys,

while trying to connect Python with mysql, it shows error in line 17 -if (connection.is_connected()):
, saying "name connection not defined"

Please helP me out, here's my code:
 

import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import Error

try:
    connection = mysql.connector.connect(host='localhost',database='abc',user='root',password='imt')
    if connection.is_connected():
        db_Info = connection.get_server_info()
        print("Connected to MySQL Server version ", db_Info)
        cursor = connection.cursor()
        cursor.execute("select database();")
        record = cursor.fetchone()
        print("You're connected to database: ", record)

except Error as e:
    print("Error while connecting to MySQL", e)
finally:
    if (connection.is_connected()):
        cursor.close()
        connection.close()
        print("MySQL connection is closed")

Answer 1

Hi, @Imthiii,

Try removing the bracket you have given in the line-17th 

if (connection.is_connected()):

to

This

if connection.is_connected():

Comments

still gives the same error

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Hey, @There,

Did you try out the solution given by @Rajiv? It should resolve the error.