import sys

from sqlalchemy import (create_engine, MetaData, Table, Column,
                        Integer, String)

engine = create_engine(sys.argv[1](1))
meta = MetaData(bind=engine)
example = Table("example",
                meta,
                Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True),
                Column("name", String(20))
                )
meta.drop_all()
meta.create_all()
example.insert().execute(id=1, name="George")
example.insert().execute(id=2, name="Ursula")
example.insert().execute(id=3, name="Ape")
example.insert().execute(id=4, name="Shep")
example.insert().execute(id=5, name="TookieTookie")

rows = example.select().execute()
raw_input("Type return when the server is down.")
print list(rows)

Type return when the server is down.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sabug.py", line 23, in <module>
    print list(rows)
  File "/tmp/SQLAlchemy-0.4.3/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1533, in __iter__
    row = self.fetchone()
  File "/tmp/SQLAlchemy-0.4.3/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1633, in fetchone
    row = self._fetchone_impl()
  File "/tmp/SQLAlchemy-0.4.3/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 1608, in _fetchone_impl
    return self.cursor.fetchone()
cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel