# Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Manager

DevFeed: [Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Manager](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/simplifying-resource-management-in-mssql-python-through-context-manager-20355.md>)

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Author: Jahnvi Thakkar

Published: 2025-09-26T09:49:51Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Microsoft Python Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/microsoft-python-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [sql-server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql-server.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Exception](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/exception.md>)

Tags: [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [azure-sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure-sql.md>), [cleanup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cleanup.md>), [client-driver](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/client-driver.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [exception-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exception-handling.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [python-driver-for-azure-sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python-driver-for-azure-sql.md>), [python-driver-for-sql-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python-driver-for-sql-server.md>), [sql-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql-server.md>), [sql-server-2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql-server-2025.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains context manager support in the mssql-python driver for Python applications using SQL Server and Azure SQL. It describes how context managers manage connections and cursors, commit successful transactions, roll back transactions when exceptions occur, and close connections automatically.

## Source excerpt

Reviewed by: Sumit Sarabhai and Gaurav Sharma If you've worked with databases in Python, you know the boilerplate: open a connection, create a cursor, run queries, commit or rollback transactions, close cursors and connection. Forgetting just one cleanup step can lead to resource leaks (open connections) or even inconsistent data. That's where context managers step [...] The post Simplifying Resource Management in mssql-python through Context Manager appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.