def connect(self):
        """connect to the database

        **Return:**
            - ``dbConn`` -- the database connection

        See the class docstring for usage
        """
        self.log.debug('starting the ``get`` method')

        dbSettings = self.dbSettings

        port = False
        if "tunnel" in dbSettings and dbSettings["tunnel"]:
            port = self._setup_tunnel(
                tunnelParameters=dbSettings["tunnel"]
            )

        # SETUP A DATABASE CONNECTION
        host = dbSettings["host"]
        user = dbSettings["user"]
        passwd = dbSettings["password"]
        dbName = dbSettings["db"]
        dbConn = ms.connect(
            host=host,
            user=user,
            passwd=passwd,
            db=dbName,
            port=port,
            use_unicode=True,
            charset='utf8',
            local_infile=1,
            client_flag=ms.constants.CLIENT.MULTI_STATEMENTS,
            connect_timeout=36000,
            max_allowed_packet=51200000
        )
        if self.autocommit:
            dbConn.autocommit(True)

        self.log.debug('completed the ``get`` method')
        return dbConn
def connect ( self ) : self . log . debug ( 'starting the ``get`` method' ) dbSettings = self . dbSettings port = False if "tunnel" in dbSettings and dbSettings [ "tunnel" ] : port = self . _setup_tunnel ( tunnelParameters = dbSettings [ "tunnel" ] ) host = dbSettings [ "host" ] user = dbSettings [ "user" ] passwd = dbSettings [ "password" ] dbName = dbSettings [ "db" ] dbConn = ms . connect ( host = host , user = user , passwd = passwd , db = dbName , port = port , use_unicode = True , charset = 'utf8' , local_infile = 1 , client_flag = ms . constants . CLIENT . MULTI_STATEMENTS , connect_timeout = 36000 , max_allowed_packet = 51200000 ) if self . autocommit : dbConn . autocommit ( True ) self . log . debug ( 'completed the ``get`` method' ) return dbConn
connect to the database

        **Return:**
            - ``dbConn`` -- the database connection

        See the class docstring for usage