Connection to Access from Python

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How to connect pyodbc to an Access (.mdb) Database file

I want to be connected to a database Boreas (Access) from Python. How to be connected from Python to Access database Northwind?

Answer 1

Here are 2 ways, with COM dispatch and with odbc. You will need the pywin32 extensions and/or pyodbc to use these methods.

import win32com.client
import pyodbc

def ado():
    '''
    connect with com dispatch objs
    '''
    conn = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Connection')
    DSN = ('PROVIDER = Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA SOURCE = ' + db +  ';')
    conn.Open(DSN)

    rs = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Recordset')
    strsql = "select * from deer"
    rs.Open(strsql, conn, 1, 3)
    t = rs.GetRows()
    conn.Close()
    return t

def odbc():
    '''
    connects with odbc
    '''        
    constr = 'Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};Dbq=' + db
    conn = pyodbc.connect(constr, autocommit=True)
    cur = conn.cursor()
    strsql = "select * from deer"
    cur.execute(strsql)
    t = list(cur)
    conn.close()
    return t

if __name__ == '__main__':

    db = 'c:/work/deer/deer.mdb'
    data1 = ado()
    data2 = odbc()

good luck,

Mike