how to pipe to variable of a "here document"

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In article <jeuj32pv3ppcbtvuobobhmp7jcp76ribog at 4ax.com>,
 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>        Question: Is there a DB-API module that can directly connect to the
>database server?

There certainly is for MySQL, which is what I mostly use.