How to properly connect to SQL Server from a python script when python packages are based on github?

To connect to a SQL Server database from a Python script, you can use the pyodbc package. This package provides a Python DB API 2.0-compliant interface to SQL Server and other databases.

If your Python packages are based on GitHub, you can still use pyodbc by adding it as a dependency in your setup.py file or requirements.txt file. Here's an example of how to add pyodbc to your requirements.txt file:

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pyodbc>=4.0.0

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This will ensure that pyodbc is installed when you install your Python packages using pip.

To connect to a SQL Server database using pyodbc, you can use the following code:

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import pyodbc



# Set up the connection parameters

server = 'your_server_name'

database = 'your_database_name'

username = 'your_username'

password = 'your_password'



# Connect to the database

connection_string = f'DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server}};SERVER={server};DATABASE={database};UID={username};PWD={password}'

connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_string)



# Execute a query

cursor = connection.cursor()

cursor.execute('SELECT * FROM your_table_name')

rows = cursor.fetchall()



# Process the results

for row in rows:

    print(row)



# Close the connection

connection.close()

In this example, you first set up the connection parameters, including the server name, database name, and login credentials. You then use these parameters to create a connection string, which you pass to the pyodbc.connect() function to establish a connection to the database. You can then use the resulting connection object to execute queries and fetch results using a cursor object. Finally, you close the connection when you're done.

Make sure to use appropriate exception handling and error checking when working with database connections and queries to ensure that your Python script is robust and error-free.