R: [Unixodbc][Driver Manager]Can't Open Lib 'SQL Server':File Not Found

Linux python3 - Can't open lib 'SQL Server'

I also recommend you install the ODBC Driver and then try to use pyodbc. I am assuming you are on an Ubuntu 15.04+ machine.

To install the ODBC Driver follow the following instructions:

sudo su
wget https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ODBC-Driver-13-for-Ubuntu-b87369f0/file/154097/2/installodbc.sh
sh installodbc.sh

Once you do that, install pyodbc using pip and try the following script:

import pyodbc
server = 'tcp:myserver.database.windows.net'
database = 'mydb'
username = 'myusername'
password = 'mypassword'
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server};SERVER='+server+';DATABASE='+database+';UID='+username+';PWD='+ password)
cursor = cnxn.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT @@version;")
row = cursor.fetchone()
while row:
    print row
    row = cursor.fetchone()

Let me know how that goes.

Cheers,

Meet

Can't open lib 'ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server'? Sym linking issue?

Running:

odbcinst -j

It yielded:

unixODBC 2.3.4
DRIVERS............: /etc/odbcinst.ini
SYSTEM DATA SOURCES: /etc/odbc.ini
FILE DATA SOURCES..: /etc/ODBCDataSources
USER DATA SOURCES..: /Users/emehex/.odbc.ini
SQLULEN Size.......: 8
SQLLEN Size........: 8
SQLSETPOSIROW Size.: 8

Instead of copying the files to the /etc/ directory (not sure why unixODBC thought they were there) I created a symbolic link to each file:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbcinst.ini /etc/odbcinst.ini
sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/odbc.ini /etc/odbc.ini

This solved the problem.

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