## Calling/Closing the Database Manager

In this example you use the class DBM and the release method of the sdb.dbm module. You call the Database Manager and then close it.

### Procedure

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1. Create a Python script sample.py with the following contents:

#

# Import Python modules

# ----------------------------

import sys

import sdb.dbm

#

# Parse call arguments

# --------------------------

dbm_operator = sys.argv [1]

dbm_operator_password = sys.argv [2]

database_name = sys.argv [3]

#

# Call the Database Manager and log on to a database instance

# ------------------------------------------------------

session = sdb.dbm.DBM ('', database_name, '', dbm_operator + ',' + dbm_operator_password)

#

# Close the connection to the Database Manager

# -------------------------------------

session.release ()

2. Call the Python script:

python sample.py DBADMIN SECRET DEMODB