import pymssql

SERVER = "servername"
USER = "username"
PASSWORD = "password"
DATABASE = "dbname"

connection = pymssql.connect(server=SERVER, user=USER, 
                password=PASSWORD, database=DATABASE)

cursor = connection.cursor() # to access field as dictionary use cursor(as_dict=True)
cursor.execute("SELECT TOP 1 * FROM TableName")
row = cursor.fetchone()

######## CREATE TABLE ########
cursor.execute("""
CREATE TABLE posts (

)
""")

######## INSERT DATA IN TABLE ########
cursor.execute("""
    INSERT INTO posts VALUES(1, "Hey There", "11.23.2016")
""")
# commit your work to database
connection.commit()

######## ITERATE THROUGH RESULTS  ########
cursor.execute("SELECT TOP 10 * FROM posts ORDER BY publish_date DESC")
for row in cursor:

connection.close()