import sqlite3 con = sqlite3.connect('example.db') cur = con.cursor() # Create table cur.execute('''CREATE TABLE stocks (date text, trans text, symbol text, qty real, price real)''') # Insert a row of data cur.execute("INSERT INTO stocks VALUES ('2006-01-05','BUY','RHAT',100,35.14)") # Save (commit) the changes con.commit() # We can also close the connection if we are done with it. # Just be sure any changes have been committed or they will be lost. con.close()