*Start a database connection using settings in yaml file* 

    Given the location of a YAML dictionary containing database credientials, this function will setup and return the connection*

    **Key Arguments:**
        - ``pathToYamlFile`` -- path to the YAML dictionary.

    **Return:**
        - ``dbConn`` -- connection to the MySQL database.

    **Usage:**

        The settings file should be in this form, with all keyword values set:

        .. code-block:: yaml

            db: dryx_unit_testing
            host: localhost
            user: unittesting
            password: utpass

        And here's how to generate the connection object:

        .. code-block:: python 

            from fundamentals.mysql import setup_database_connection
            dbConn = setup_database_connection(
                pathToYamlFile=pathToMyYamlFile
            )

def setup_database_connection(
        pathToYamlFile):
    """*Start a database connection using settings in yaml file* 

    Given the location of a YAML dictionary containing database credientials, this function will setup and return the connection*

    **Key Arguments:**
        - ``pathToYamlFile`` -- path to the YAML dictionary.

    **Return:**
        - ``dbConn`` -- connection to the MySQL database.

    **Usage:**

        The settings file should be in this form, with all keyword values set:

        .. code-block:: yaml

            db: dryx_unit_testing
            host: localhost
            user: unittesting
            password: utpass

        And here's how to generate the connection object:

        .. code-block:: python 

            from fundamentals.mysql import setup_database_connection
            dbConn = setup_database_connection(
                pathToYamlFile=pathToMyYamlFile
            )
    """
    import sys
    import logging
    import pymysql as ms

    # IMPORT THE YAML CONNECTION DICTIONARY
    try:
        logging.info(
            'importing the yaml database connection dictionary from ' + pathToYamlFile)
        stream = file(pathToYamlFile, 'r')
        connDict = yaml.load(stream)
    except:
        logging.critical(
            'could not load the connect dictionary from ' + pathToYamlFile)
        sys.exit(1)
    # ESTABLISH A DB CONNECTION
    try:
        logging.info('connecting to the ' + connDict[
                     'db'] + ' database on ' + connDict['host'])
        dbConn = ms.connect(
            host=connDict['host'],
            user=connDict['user'],
            passwd=connDict['password'],
            db=connDict['db'],
            use_unicode=True,
            charset='utf8',
            local_infile=1,
            client_flag=ms.constants.CLIENT.MULTI_STATEMENTS,
            connect_timeout=36000
        )
        dbConn.autocommit(True)
    except Exception as e:
        logging.critical('could not connect to the ' + connDict['db'] + ' database on ' + connDict['host'] + ' : '
                         + str(e) + '\n')
    return dbConn