title: MySQLdb Error: 'Unknown Database Python' using MySQL Workbench
body: <p>When i run the code below in python 2.7.7, i get the error also below.</p>
  
  <p>code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    import MySQLdb
  
      db = MySQLdb.connect(
          host="localhost",
          port=3306,
          user="root",
          passwd="mypassword",
          db="python"
      )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>error:
  <code>'_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1049, "Unknown database 'python'")'</code></p>
  
  <p>The database was made using MySQL Workbench and saved to the desktop (same location as python file) with the name python.
  I'm not using Django or anything like that and can't find answers where the person isn't using it.
  Please help.</p>