connecting to DBMS

[varun chadha]

i am a newbie to python and is working on an application which needs
to connect to the database. can anyone guide me through the DBMS that
i can use and the module to connect to it. currently i have MySQL
installed using the link on the python.org site but is unable to
connect to it through python. pls specify the link  to the tutorials
which can guide to connect and execute my query. hopes u understood
what i meant to say.
thanks in advance