Connecting to SQL Server from UNIX

[Diez B. Roggisch]

yuba at conwaycorp.net wrote:

> 
> Hello-
> 
> Is it possible for me to connect to a MS SQL-Server from a UNIX box via
> Python
> (2.3)?  I'm assuming I would need a driver, but I looked on microsoft.com
> and
> could not find anything.  Anyone out there ever try to do this?

No surprise - microsoft wont do that for you...


What you need is unix-odbc,  the freedts-driver and pyodbc - google for
them, and use the latest versions. 

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch