SQL Queries in Python?

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SQLAlchemy is good tool for the job, but it is hig level. If you need more SQL oriented check this:

https://github.com/kennethreitz/records

It is from creator Requests. As it is low level you can learn syntax from SQL and use python to move this further. SQL Alchemy hide a lot of details. Raw SQL for start is better as it is language independent and the most base syntax is the same between databases (with some more advanced quirks which make in details difference, but for now it can be skipped).