Connecting python to DB2 database

[DFS]

On 9/3/2021 1:47 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 3:42 PM DFS <nospam at dfs.com> wrote:
>>
>> Having a problem with the DB2 connector
>>
>> test.py
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> import ibm_db_dbi
>> connectstring =
>> 'DATABASE=xxx;HOSTNAME=localhost;PORT=50000;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;UID=xxx;PWD=xxx;'
>> conn = ibm_db_dbi.connect(connectstring,'','')
>>
>> curr  = conn.cursor
>> print(curr)
> 
> According to PEP 249, what you want is conn.cursor() not conn.cursor.
> 
> I'm a bit surprised as to the repr of that function though, which
> seems to be this line from your output:
> 
> <ibm_db_dbi.Connection object at 0x000002154D2FED30>
> 
> I'd have expected it to say something like "method cursor of
> Connection object", which would have been an immediate clue as to what
> needs to be done. Not sure why the repr is so confusing, and that
> might be something to report upstream.
> 
> ChrisA


Thanks.  I must've done it right, using conn.cursor(), 500x. 
Bleary-eyed from staring at code too long I guess.

Now can you get DB2 to accept ; as a SQL statement terminator like the 
rest of the world?   They call it "An unexpected token"...