import sqlite3 c = sqlite3.connect('/home/hmo/MoFin/data/mofin.db') sql = c.execute("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='stocks'").fetchone() print(sql[0] if sql else 'no stocks table') print() cnt = c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM stocks").fetchone()[0] print('rows:', cnt) for r in c.execute("SELECT * FROM stocks LIMIT 3"): print(r)