title: Flask CRUD programming without SQLAlchemy or other ORM
body: <p>I am learning Python / Flask. Now I am at the point where I am learning Flask with MySQL Database. I read lots of posts about using Flask with databases and most of them suggest to use SQLAlchemy. I tried to read about SQLAlchemy, but I didn't like that because I prefer building and executing SQL queries and creating tables in the database only. Is there any way that I can take full benefit of using Flask with MySQL Database without SQLAlchemy? </p>
  
  <p>Please suggest.</p>