Connection To Remote MySQL Db From Python 3.4

I'm trying to connect to two MySQL databases (one local, one remote) at the same time using Python 3.4 but I'm really struggling. Splitting the problem into three: Step 1: connec

Solution 1:

Answering my own question because, with a lot of help from J.M. Fernández on Github, I have a solution: the example that I copied at the beginning uses port 3308 but port 3306 is the standard. Once I'd changed this it started working.