When I try to connect to a sql server database with pyodbc (on mac):
import pyodbc
server = '####'
database = '####'
username = '####@####'
password = '#####'
driver='{ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server}'
pyodbc.connect('DRIVER='+driver+';SERVER='+server+';PORT=1443;DATABASE='+database+';UID='+username+';PWD='+password)
I get the following error:
Error: (‘01000’, “[01000] [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can’t open lib ‘ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server’ : file not found (0) (SQLDriverConnect)”)
When I path in the actual driver location:
driver='/usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.13.dylib'
It starts working!
My odbcinst.ini looks like this:
[ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server] Description=Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server Driver=/usr/local/lib/libmsodbcsql.13.dylib UsageCount=1
How can I get my reference to driver='{ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server}' to start working again?
I initially used this guide to install the driver. And I’m using anaconda on Mac Sierra if that helps?
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Answer
Running:
odbcinst -j
It yielded:
unixODBC 2.3.4 DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources USER DATA SOURCES..: /Users/emehex/.odbc.ini SQLULEN Size.......: 8 SQLLEN Size........: 8 SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8
Instead of copying the files to the /etc/ directory (not sure why unixODBC thought they were there) I created a symbolic link to each file:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini /etc/odbcinst.ini sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini /etc/odbc.ini
This solved the problem.