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Add example with conversion to pandas DataFrame

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
pandas, python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the example in README.md and locate the getting-started documentation referenced in the issue. Add a pandas DataFrame conversion example alongside the existing row-by-row output, using the shown cursor and result flow; done means users can find and follow the example in both relevant documentation locations.

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Description

enhancement

The example in the README.md and the documentation all print each row individually.

In practice many users will try to convert the data to a pandas dataframe. Why not include that example in the getting started. We currently use:

import pandas as pd

cursor.execute(query) 
result = cursor.fetchall() 
df = pd.DataFrame(result, columns=[x[0] for x in cursor.description]) 
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Python
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