How can I pass configuration variable values into the pyodbc connect command?
pyodbc, python, python-2.7, pythoncard
Solution
self.db = pyodbc.connect('driver={%s};server=%s;database=%s;uid=%s;pwd=%s' % ( driver, server, db, user, password ) )
%s is used to include variables into the string
the variables are placed into the string according to their order after the %
Problem
I have a .ini (configuration file) where I have mentioned the server name, Database Name, UserName and Password with which I can connect my app to the MSSQL ``` self.db = pyodbc.connect( 'driver={SQL Server};server=homeserver;database=testdb;uid=home;pwd=1234')` ``` corresponding data mentioned above connect statement is now in config.ini ``` self.configwrite = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser() configread = SafeConfigParser() configread.read('config.ini') driver = configread.get('DataBase Settings','Driver') server = str(configread.get('DataBase Settings','Server')) db = str(configread.get('DataBase Settings','Database')) user = str(configread.get('DataBase Settings','Username')) password = str(configread.get('DataBase Settings','Password'))' ``` How can I pass these variables in the pyodbc connect statement? I tried this: ``` self.db = pyodbc.connect('driver={Driver};server=server;database=db;uid=user;pwd=password') ``` But I am getting an error.