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Connecting to Aster Teradata Python

I want to connect to Teradata Aster, I have been searched through multiple sites and read documentation but with not luck. I am able to connect to Teradata just fine, but not to Aster Teradata.
code for teradata that works, but I don't know how to tweak this to work for aster:
import teradata
udaExec = teradata.UdaExec(appName="", version="1.0", logConsole=False)
session = udaExec.connect(method="odbc", system="TDD...", username="...", password="...", authentication="LDAP");

To connect to Aster use native Teradata Aster ODBC driver. Follow this link and choose "Aster Client Tools" for your platform to find and download the driver.
Then use a Python package for ODBC database connectivity such as pyodbc. I used similar method in R but never with Python, one example I found for Python and Teradata is here.

pyodbc fails to connect to database, but IBM data studio connects with same credentials

I'm trying to connect to a database on an IBM machine, and I can connect just fine via the IBM desktop client "IBM Data Studio." However, when I try to connect with pyodbc it fails to connect. I've received a series of errors but it seems the main response is along the lines of the following
pyodbc.OperationalError: ('08001', u'[08001] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]
[TCP/IP Sockets]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. (17)
(SQLDriverConnect); [08001] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]ConnectionOpen (
Connect()). (10061); [08001] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid connection string attribute (0)')
My code follows:
import pyodbc
# Specifying the ODBC driver, server name, database, etc. directly
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=*****; PORT=50000;DATABASE=****;UID=***;PWD=***')
# Create a cursor from the connection
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cnxn.close()
I am working on a Windows machine.

You cannot use an ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server, to connect to an instance of IBM DB2 (nor to any DBMS other than Microsoft SQL Server).
You need an ODBC Driver for IBM DB2 for this connection, such as those from my employer.
You could also use an ODBC-to-JDBC Bridge Driver, in combination with a JDBC Driver for IBM DB2, such as JTOpen (open source, from IBM).

Just because a jdbc connection from Data-Studio is working, it does not mean that your pyodbc will connect to Db2. pyodbc does not use jdbc, instead it will use the CLI/ODBC interface to Db2 which gets implemented by a suitable driver.
To use Db2 from pyodbc on Windows, ensure you first have either a Db2-client installed on Windows, or a Db2-server installed installed on Windows.
There are many kinds of Db2-clients. Much depends on the operating-system that runs your Db2-server (Z/OS, i-Series, Linux, Unix, Windows), and what kind of activities you want to perform on the client (developing, administering/monitoring, querying, or all three).
For some target platforms there are non-IBM drivers, but I won't discuss those.
In python, you can choose to connect to a database either with a DSN (Data Source Name) (usually this involves a shorter connection string)
or without a DSN (longer connection string containing all the details).
When learning, it may be easier to get Microsoft Windows to do most of the initial work with odbcad32.
This is most easy if the Db2-client is already configured to access one or more Db2-databases . The prereq is that the driver supports CLI/ODBC.
To define a DSN (either a system-DSN or a user-DSN) use the Microsoft odbcad32 tool to point to your Db2 database and verify connectivity.
If the Db2-server runs on Z/OS or i-Series, special licensing requirements may apply depending on whether you are directly connecting to the target Db2-server or whether you are using a Db2-connect gateway.
Take a note of the exact DRIVER string inside odbcad32 for the Db2-database, including case and spaces because you will need that in your python code.
For example, that driver name might look like 'IBM DB2ODBC DRIVER - DB2COPY1' if you have a local Db2-server installed on Windows (such as the free Db2-Express-C).
Verify that the connection to the Db2-database is successful inside odbcad32. That is crucial.
When odbcad32 succeeds to connect then pyodbc will succeed to connect usually.
In your python code, your connection-string can either use the DSN or explicitly quote the DRIVER/SERVER/PORT/DATABASE/UID/PWD, along with any other required settings on the connection string.
Remember also that you don't have to use pyodbc. There are other options for python to interact with Db2-Servers. Make an informed choice and do your research.
You can also use the IBM supplied module "ibm_db" or the DBI interface module "ibm_db_api", or if you are using an object relational mapper you can use the SQLAlchemy adapter (ibm_db_sa), or you can use django framework.
Read all about that in the Db2 documentation here.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.swg.im.dbclient.python.doc/doc/c0054366.html

I have solved the problem! The issue was that I was missing the "iSeries Access ODBC Driver". I don't think it's available online, although I could be wrong, I had to have our database guy help install it. Now I can connect through both the ibm_db and pyodbc libraries, after setting up my DSN under "odbcad32.exe." This took a while to solve but mostly because of the lack of informative documentation from IBM. Hopefully, this helps anyone in the same situation.

TimesTen database connection issue in python

I have 2 machines setup:
RDP terminal with timesten client 11.2.1 and pyodbc==3.0.7 and works great. I use this connection string:
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DSN=myhostip;UID=myusername;PWD=mypass')
local machine with timesten client 11.2.2 and pyodbc==4.0.22 (I've also tried older versions, like 3.0.7)
and when I use the connection string:
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DSN=myhostip1;UID=myusername1;PWD=mypass1')
I get this error:
pyodbc.Error: ('HY010', u'[HY010] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The driver is incapable of supporting the current environment attributes. (0) (SQLDriverConnect)').
Both databases on both machines are practically the same, so difference is only in timesten driver version.
Or what else could be the problem?
I have set up DSNs on both machines, and I connect to them in SQLDeveloper.
I've tried different timesten clients and pyodbc versions, but got same error everytime.
It's the only way that I know of to connect to timesten DB, can anyone please help me solve this error, or maybe tell about another way,except pyodbc, to connect?

See this answer on how to connect to TimesTen via Python:
python access to TimesTen
Use cx_Oracle via tnsnames.ora as this is the method that Oracle will support in TimesTen 18.1.3
Please avoid using any ODBC based method to connect to Python as none of these techniques are developed or tested by Oracle.

error when connecting oracle in python using cx_Oracle

I was trying to connect oracle database using python like below.
import cx_Oracle
conn = cx_Oracle.connect('user/password#host:port/database')
I've faced an error when connecting oracle.
DatabaseError: DPI-1047: 64-bit Oracle Client library cannot be loaded: "libclntsh.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". See https://oracle.github.io/odpi/doc/installation.html#linux for help.
I've been struggling to figure it out. I used my user name, password, host, port and database('orcl') for example,
'admin/admin#10.10.10.10:1010/orcl'.
Why coudn't it connect?
Ahh, btw I'm running all the code in azure notebooks.

That error indicates that you are missing a 64-bit Oracle client installation or it hasn't been configured correctly. Take a look at the link mentioned in the error message. It will give instructions on how to perform the Oracle client installation and configuration.
[Update on behalf of Anthony: his latest cx_Oracle release doesn't need Oracle Client libraries so you won't see the DPI-1047 error if you upgrade. The driver got renamed to python-oracledb but the API still supports the Python DB API 2.0 specification. See the homepage.]

This seems a problem with version 6.X.This problem didnot appeared in 5.X.But for my case a little workaround worked.I installed in my physical machine and only thing that i need to do was a pc reboot or reopen the terminal as i have added in the path of environment variables.You can try to install in physical machine instead using azure notebooks.

This error come when your Oracle Client is not installed or LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set where libclntsh.so is present.
if you have Oracle client installed then search for libclntsh.so and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH as
"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/bds/parcels/ORACLE_INSTANT_CLIENT/instantclient_11_2:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

Here is the full program to connect Oracle using python.
First, you need to install cx_Oracle. to install it fire the below command.
pip install cx_Oracle
import cx_Oracle
def get_databse_coonection():
try:
host='hostName'
port ='portnumber'
serviceName='sid of you database'
user = 'userName'
password = 'password'
dns = cx_Oracle.makedsn(host,port,service_name=serviceName)
con = cx_Oracle.connect(user, password, dns)
cursor = con.cursor()
query ="select * from table"
cursor.execute(query)
for c in cursor:
print(c)
except cx_Oracle.DatabaseError as e:
print("There is a problem with Oracle", e)
finally:
if cursor:
cursor.close()
if con:
con.close()
get_databse_coonection()

pyodbc and mySQL

I am unable to connect to mySQl db using pyodbc.
Here is a snippet of my script:
import pyodbc
import csv
cnxn = pyodbc.connect("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=mydb; UID=root; PASSWORD=thatwouldbetelling;")
crsr = cnxn.cursor()
with open('C:\\skunkworks\\archive\\data\\myfile.csv','r') as myfile:
rows = csv.reader(myfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
for row in rows:
insert_str = 'INSERT into raw_data VALUES(something, something)'
print insert_str
#crsr.execute(insert_str)
cnxn.commit()
myfile.close()
I get this error at the pyodbc.connect() line:
pyodbc.Error: ('IM002', '[IM002]
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
source name not found and no default
driver specified (0)
(SQLDriverConnectW)')
I have another question regarding this error (and Python scripts in general). When I run this as a script, it fails silently (I was expecting a stack trace). I have to type each line in manually to find where the error occured.
I am being a bit lazy for now (no exception handling) - is this normal behaviour of a Python script without exception handling to fail silently?
[Edit]
I am not using mysqldb because I am already using pyodbc to extract my data from another source (MS Access). Ok, not a good reason - but I am already grappling with pyodbc and I dont really fancy having to wrestle with another library/module/package(whatever its called in Python) for a "one off" job. I just want to move my data of from various data sources in the Windows environment to mySQl on Linux. once on Linux, I'll be back on terra firma.
That is the entire 'script' right there. I just saved the code above into a file with a .py extension, and I run python myscript.py at the command line. I am running this on my XP machine

I had this same mistake so I went over all the version I was using for the connection. This is what I found out:
For Python 2.7 32 bits:
- pyodbc must be 32bits
- the DB Driver must be 32bits. (Microsoft Access should be 32 bits too)
For those who use the 64 bits version. You should check that everything is 64 bits too.
In my case I was trying to connecto to an Oracle DB and Microsoft Access DB so I had to make the following components match the architechture version:
pyodbc (MS Access)
python
cx_Oracle (Oracle dialect for SQLalchemy)
Oracle instantclient basic (Oracle. Do not forget to create the environment variable)
py2exe (Making the excecutable app)

Is that your driver name right?
You can check your driver name in
Windows -> Control panel -> System and security -> Administrative tools -> ODBC Data Sources -> Driver tab
then copy the river name to the first parameter
like
cnxn = pyodbc.connect("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 5.3 ANSI Driver}; SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=books; UID=root; PASSWORD=password;")
And my problem solved
or you may not install the driver and the step is simple.

MySQLdb (or oursql) and pyodbc both have the same interface (DB-API 2), only you don't have to deal with ODBC's issues if you use the former. I strongly recommend you consider using MySQLdb (or oursql) instead.

First, According to the official docs, if you want to connect without creating a DSN, you need to specify OPTION=3 in the connection string:
ConnectionString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=test;USER=venu;PASSWORD=venu;OPTION=3;"
If that fails to work, I'd further troubleshoot by creating a DSN.
Second, no Python should not be failing silently. If that is the case when you run your script, there is something else amiss.

only need install mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.28-win32.msi.
and pyodbc-2.1.7.win32-py2.7.exe.
of course, you have ready installed MySQL and python 2.7.
example:
import pyodbc
cndBase = pyodbc.connect("DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=localhost; PORT=3306;DATABASE=nameDBase; UID=root; PASSWORD=12345;")
ptdBase = cndBase.cursor()
query_str = 'SELECT* FROM nameTabla;'
rows = ptdBase.execute(query_str)
for rw in rows:
print list(rw)`enter code here`

I was getting the same error. It seemed the driver i was using to make the connection was not the driver installed in my system.
Type ODBC on windows run and select ODBC Data Source(32/64) based on where you have installed the driver.
From there click on System DSN and click add. From there you can see the MySQL driver installed in your system. Use the ANSI driver in your code where you are making the connection.