I am trying to connect to MS SQL Server using pyodbc from a remote machine running Ubuntu 16.04.
import pyodbc
conn = pyodbc.connect(r'DRIVER=ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server; SERVER=xxxTest-SRV; PORT=51333; DATABASE=TestDB; UID=xxxx; PWD=xxxx;')
I'm getting following error:
pyodbc.OperationalError: ('HYT00', '[HYT00] [unixODBC][Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]Login timeout expired (0) (SQLDriverConnect)')
I tried using the server IP in the connection string but still no luck.
However, I am able to connect to using sqlcmd from the terminal
Following works:
sqlcmd -S xxxTest-SRV, 51333 -d TestDB -U xxxx -P xxxx
I didn't find any issue that gave an answer to my problem.
odbcinst.ini
[ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]
Description=Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
Driver=/opt/microsoft/msodbcsql/lib64/libmsodbcsql-17.1.so.1.1
UsageCount=1
There's always seems to be an issue connecting to MS SQL Server using pyodbc from a linux machine. Is there a way to connect to SQL Server from Python. I'll appreciate your help in solving this error. Thank you.
[UPDATE]
As per the below answer, I updated the connection string. But, now I get following error:
pyodbc.Error: ('01000', "[01000] [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib '/opt/microsoft/msodbcsql17/lib64/libmsodbcsql-17.0.so.1.1' : file not found (0) (SQLDriverConnect)")
My odbcinst.ini file driver definition:
[ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]
Description=Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
Driver=/opt/microsoft/msodbcsql17/lib64/libmsodbcsql-17.0.so.1.1
UsageCount=1
It has always been a nightmare to connect to MS SQL Server from a Linux machine. Can you please tell which pyodbc, unixODBC and Driver version is the most stable?
I have installed the driver following this Microsoft instructions. My pyodbc version is 4.0.23
