diff --git a/openAutoDB/creatopenAutoDB.py b/openAutoDB/creatopenAutoDB.py
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+++ b/openAutoDB/creatopenAutoDB.py
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+import sqlite3
+from sqlite3 import Error
+
+
+def create_connection(db_file):
+    """ create a database connection to a SQLite database """
+    try:
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(db_file)
+        print(sqlite3.version)
+    except Error as e:
+        print(e)
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    create_connection("/home/pi/openAutoDB/openAuto.db")