title: python getting syntax error in except
body: <p>I am new to python and just been playing with the database API. I am getting an invalid syntax error in the exception except block comma. I can't figure out any syntax mistakes. Below is the code I am using </p>
  
  <pre><code>import time
  import MySQLdb
  import sys
  import urllib2
  
  #f = open("../", 'r')
  
  try: 
      db = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost", user="test", passwd="test",db="test")
      cur = db.cursor()
  
  except MySQLdb.Error, e:
      print "Error %d: %s" % (e.args[0], e.args[1])
      sys.exit (1)
  
  finally:
      cur.close()
      db.close()
  #f.write('amal')
  #f.close()
  </code></pre>