Allow for concurrent connections with aliases

.gitignore

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ build/
 .py*/
 **/my_db_test.db
 logs
-**/output.xml
-**/interactive_console_output.xml
-**/log.html
-**/report.html
+interactive_console_output.xml
+log.html
+output.xml
+report.html
 venv
 .runNumber

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Here you can find the [keyword docs](http://marketsquare.github.io/Robotframewor
 ```
 pip install robotframework-databaselibrary
 ```
-# Usage example
+# Usage examples
+## Basic usage
 ```RobotFramework
 *** Settings ***
 Library       DatabaseLibrary
@@ -42,6 +43,32 @@ Person Table Contains No Joe
     ...                    WHERE FIRST_NAME= 'Joe'    
     Check If Not Exists In Database    ${sql}
 ```
+## Handling multiple database connections
+```RobotFramework
+*** Settings ***
+Library          DatabaseLibrary
+Test Setup       Connect To All Databases
+Test Teardown    Disconnect From All Databases
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Connect To All Databases
+    Connect To Database    psycopg2    db    db_user    pass    127.0.0.1    5432
+    ...    alias=postgres
+    Connect To Database    pymysql    db    db_user    pass    127.0.0.1    3306
+    ...    alias=mysql
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+Using Aliases
+    ${names}=    Query    select LAST_NAME from person    alias=postgres
+    Execute Sql String    drop table XYZ                  alias=mysql
+
+Switching Default Alias
+    Switch Database    postgres
+    ${names}=    Query    select LAST_NAME from person
+    Switch Database    mysql
+    Execute Sql String    drop table XYZ
+```
+
 See more examples in the folder `tests`.
 # Database modules compatibility
 The library is basically compatible with any [Python Database API Specification 2.0](https://peps.python.org/pep-0249/) module.

src/DatabaseLibrary/__init__.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DatabaseLibrary(ConnectionManager, Query, Assertion):
     The library is basically compatible with any [https://peps.python.org/pep-0249|Python Database API Specification 2.0] module.
 
     However, the actual implementation in existing Python modules is sometimes quite different, which requires custom handling in the library.
-    Therefore there are some modules, which are "natively" supported in the library - and others, which may work and may not.
+    Therefore, there are some modules, which are "natively" supported in the library - and others, which may work and may not.
 
     See more on the [https://github.com/MarketSquare/Robotframework-Database-Library|project page on GitHub].
     """