1 import sqlite3

     2 

     3 def dict_factory(cursor, row):

     4     d = {}

     5     for idx, col in enumerate(cursor.description):

     6         d[col[0]] = row[idx]

     7     return d

     8 

     9 con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")

    10 con.row_factory = dict_factory

    11 cur = con.cursor()

    12 cur.execute("select 1 as a")

    13 print cur.fetchone()["a"]