1 import sqlite3

     2 

     3 con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")

     4 

     5 cur = con.cursor()

     6 SELECT = "select name_last, age from people order by age, name_last"

     7 

     8 # 1. Iterate over the rows available from the cursor, unpacking the

     9 # resulting sequences to yield their elements (name_last, age):

    10 cur.execute(SELECT)

    11 for (name_last, age) in cur:

    12     print '%s is %d years old.' % (name_last, age)

    13 

    14 # 2. Equivalently:

    15 cur.execute(SELECT)

    16 for row in cur:

    17     print '%s is %d years old.' % (row[0], row[1])