import mariadb
import sys

def print_version(cur):
     result = []
     cur.execute("SELECT version() version")
     for (version) in cur:
        result.append(f"{version}")
     print("\n".join(result))

try:
     conn = mariadb.connect(
        host="xxxx",
        port=xxxx,
        user="xxxx",
        password="xxxx")

     cur = conn.cursor()
     print_version(cur)
     conn.close()

except mariadb.Error as e:
      print(f"Error connecting to the database: {e}")
      sys.exit(1)