import time import psycopg2 SLEEP=5 def get_db_connection_live(): return psycopg2.connect(host='127.0.0.1', database='live_acctval', user='joseph') dbconn = get_db_connection_live() cur = dbconn.cursor() try: while True: cur.execute('SELECT pnl FROM pnl_intra ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1') bleh = cur.fetchone() print(round(bleh[0], 2), flush=True) time.sleep(SLEEP) finally: cur.close() dbconn.close()